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.
“Scratsch”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Graphic design and visual communication · Hasselt · since 2024
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 1998
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Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · since 1979
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Knokke-Heist · since 2020
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Abbreviation of dansclub Scratch ! vzw · Cultural education · Hoegaarden · since 2005
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Elsene · since 2023
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of CHATEAU DE LA SARTE · Business and other management consultancy · Huy · since 1989
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Abbreviation of STUDIECENTRUM HERKENRODE · Hasselt · since 2001
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2023
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE COOPERATIVE DE RELATIONS ET D'AFFAIRES · Oudergem · since 1988