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.
“Skill-Up”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vocational training · Herentals · since 2025
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Ukkel · since 2025
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Joinery installation · Holsbeek · since 2019
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
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Abbreviation of SKILLS UP ASBL · Elsene · since 2025
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Other education · Erpe-Mere · since 2025
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Youth work associations · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Destelbergen · since 2003
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2022
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Employment placement agencies · Begijnendijk · since 2008
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Activities of head offices · Moorslede · since 2015
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Office administrative and support services · since 2018
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Activiteiten van industriële designers · Laarne · since 2010
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Other education · Rixensart · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · Gent · since 1990
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Vervaardiging van andere elektrische apparatuur · BREDA · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Ravels · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of RESTAURANT SKILLET'S · Full-service restaurants · Büllingen · since 2023
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2016
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · Mechelen · since 2012
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Other education · La Louvière · since 2023
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Computer programming · Niel · since 2025
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Employment placement agencies · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Activities of head offices · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Tervuren · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · since 2023