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.
“Specto.be”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Londerzeel · since 2018
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Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2010
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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DRESDEN · since 2012
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of Centrum15 · Other financial services · Zulte · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1982
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Advertising agencies · Sankt Vith · since 1990
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Retail sale of household furniture · Wuustwezel · since 1995
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Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Tournai · since 1998
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2016
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Other financial services · Kinrooi · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Essen · since 2017
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van elektronische onderdelen · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van fietsen en invalidenwagens · Gent · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Other building finishing work · VEENENDAAL · since 2022
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Wholesale of timber · Hulshout · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 1981
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Holsbeek · since 2024
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Vermogensbeheer · Hulshout · since 2024
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Abbreviation of SPECTRA EVENTS · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Liège · since 2025
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Abbreviation of SPECTAK ASBL · Herstal · since 2026
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Plumbing work · since 1978
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2022