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.
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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Public relations and communication consultancy · Essen · since 2022
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Lier · since 2019
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in ijzerwaren · Hasselt · since 2016
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of CONPORT · Business and other management consultancy · Wuustwezel · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2015
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Lokeren · since 2023
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de verspreiding van inhoud · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of STUDIO FRANCINE.COM · Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Brussel · since 2007
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Temse · since 2013
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · since 1989
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2019
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Activities of interior architects · Brasschaat · since 2019
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Bredene · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2018
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Event catering · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1988
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Finishing of textiles · since 2020
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · Schelle · since 2003
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026