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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Gent · since 1989
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Oostende · since 2003
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Jette · since 2005
Names that resemble it 54 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Laurens Luypaert · Advertising agencies · Zedelgem · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2024
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2007
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Zoutleeuw · since 2018
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Psychology services · since 2021
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2012
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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Other human health activities · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Wevelgem · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Studio Elle Hairdesign · Hairdressing and barber services · Hasselt · since 2016
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Other specialised design activities · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · Zottegem · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Lennik · since 2020
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Activities of building architects · Aalter · since 2022
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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Activities of head offices · Leuven · since 2015
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Activities of building architects · since 2025
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Other sports activities · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Lier · since 2019
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Activities of building architects · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van lampen · since 2021
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Other building finishing work · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Brecht · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Le Studiolo · Performing arts by independent artists · Quévy · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · since 2011
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Activities of building architects · Lint · since 2005
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Groothandel in huismeubilair · Gent · since 2008
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Photography, excluding press photography · Kalmthout · since 2023
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Activities of interior architects · since 2024
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2025
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Gent · since 2025
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Abbreviation of STUDIOLO (CECI N’EST PAS QU’UNE LIBRAIRIE) · Detailhandel in boeken · Jette · since 2025
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Activities of building architects · since 2026
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Other education · since 2011
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Activities of interior architects · Ravels · since 2019
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 1991
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Geluidsopnamestudio's · since 2021
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Concept Team · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Dendermonde · since 2011
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Activities of building architects · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · Oudsbergen · since 2024