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.
“Student IT”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hasselt · since 2009
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Other education · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of ALEVANT · Computer programming · Etterbeek · since 2022
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Lasne · since 1998
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2010
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Vermogensbeheer · Gent · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2016
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Sint-Niklaas · since 2022
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Real estate agency activities · Brussel · since 2016
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Elsene · since 1988
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Diepenbeek · since 2018
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Combined facilities support activities · Zaventem · since 2007
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Web portal activities · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Other social work without accommodation · Grimbergen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Studiebureau voor Ruimtelijke Ordening en Expansie · Brugge · since 1964
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Halle · since 1997
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Elsene · since 2015
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2015
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Activities of building architects · Brussel · since 2015
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Specialist medical practice · Ieper · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Zedelgem · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Duffel · since 2019
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tielt-Winge · since 2009
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Specialist medical practice · Meise · since 2004
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Antwerpen · since 1968
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2017
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Liège · since 2018
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Other personal services · since 2019
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Dental practice · Brussel · since 2025
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2005
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Other business support services · Lille · since 2024