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.
“Shore”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Balen · since 2010
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 1979
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General electrical installation work · Gent · since 2009
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Harelbeke · since 2010
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2010
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1980
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 1990
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Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of CAPTUUR · Real estate agency activities · Roeselare · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of TW STORE · Vervaardiging van beddengoed, tafellinnen en textielwaren voor huishoudelijk gebruik · Herentals · since 2002
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General construction of residential buildings · Asse · since 2015
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Assesse · since 2016
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Abbreviation of European Platform for Social Sciences and Humanities Research relating to Ionizing Radiation · Oudergem · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Strategic Habitat Organizer for New Environments · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Real estate agency activities · Quaregnon · since 2020
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Welkenraedt · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2024
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Kalmthout · since 2022
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1971
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2013
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Roofing work · since 2020
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Football clubs · Koksijde · since 2006
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Edegem · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Overijse · since 2019
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Other software publishing · Rebecq · since 2022
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Personenvervoer door de lucht · Zemst · since 2008
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Advertising agencies · since 2024
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Namur · since 1989
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Diensten in verband met vervoer over water · Deinze · since 1991
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Advertising agencies · Stabroek · since 2013
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Office administrative and support services · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2019
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Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2023
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2025
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Freight transport by road · Ittre · since 2025
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Wholesale of other household goods · Elsene · since 2014