Name check
Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.
An active company already has this name
The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
What this check does and does not say
- We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
- This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
- A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.
Same or very similar names
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Brussel · since 1990
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Computer programming · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van ander technisch aardewerk · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · Laarne · since 2023
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2025
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Computer programming · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of STUDIO-TECNIC · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Ukkel · since 1982
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of building architects · Brugge · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · Pepinster · since 2021
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 1994
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Hairdressing and barber services · Meerhout · since 2025
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Sports and recreation education · since 2017
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1978
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Visual arts creation · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Activities of interior architects · since 2025
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Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1991
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Mortsel · since 1993
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Schaarbeek · since 1999
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Oostende · since 2002
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Schaarbeek · since 2002
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Visual arts creation · Stekene · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
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Kapellen · since 2017
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 1996
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Advertising agencies · since 2020
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Activities of interior architects · since 2023
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Telecommunications resale and intermediation services · since 2009
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Aarschot · since 2009
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Photography, excluding press photography · Namur · since 2007
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2024
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Event catering · Oosterzele · since 2025
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2025
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Activities of building architects · since 2026
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Psychology services · since 2026
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1990
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2021
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Trade name of MIRABEL · Hairdressing and barber services · Maldegem · since 2023
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Activities of interior architects · since 2015
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Literary creation · since 2016
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2018
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 2020
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Olen · since 2021
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Activities of interior architects · since 2022
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2022
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Activities of building architects · since 2009
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2012
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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Fitness centres · Etterbeek · since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Development of non-residential building projects · Hasselt · since 2025