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.
“Sphinx”
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
24 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Ronse · since 1981
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Name of an establishment of SPHINX PRODUKTIE · Vertoning van films · Gent · since 1995
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · since 1986
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Antwerpen · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Lincent · since 1985
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Diest · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · since 1984
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Opwijk · since 1983
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Vertoning van films · Gent · since 2025
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Name of blaw · Business and other management consultancy · Oostende · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Arendonk · since 2003
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Vervaardiging van borstelwaren · Vilvoorde · since 1941
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2016
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Other building finishing work · FOLKESTONE · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · since 1960
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Other business support services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2026
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2002
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Wommelgem · since 2024
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Activiteiten van binderijen en aanverwante diensten · Jette · since 1979
Names that resemble it 2 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2014
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Teelt van vezelgewassen · Tielt · since 2024