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.
“Silenced”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Lubbeek · since 2008
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Elsene · since 1984
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Malmedy · since 1985
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 1990
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Abbreviation of SILENCE.BE · Activities of interior architects · Braives · since 1995
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2011
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2004
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Anderlecht · since 2009
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Oostende · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · since 1997
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2016
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Activiteiten op het gebied van de distributie van films en video’s · Vorst · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of CLUB EVENTS · Cafés and bars · Erpe-Mere · since 2024
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Schaarbeek · since 2019
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2025
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2012
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Performing arts by independent artists · Lochristi · since 1996
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Charleroi · since 2009
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Gent · since 2010
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Brugge · since 2008