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.
“SunsetMedia”
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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Photography, excluding press photography · Mechelen · since 2022
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · As · since 2015
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Market research and public opinion polling · since 2024
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Estaimpuis · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · Incourt · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Neupré · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants
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Name of an establishment of LDP · Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2022
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 1970
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Other financial services · Zulte · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Zonhoven · since 2026
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Abbreviation of GROUPE SUDMEDIA · Uitgeven van kranten · Namur · since 1998
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Uitgeest · since 2008
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Advertising agencies · Riemst · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Chaudfontaine · since 2022
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 1992
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2009
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Schelle · since 2010
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Blankenberge · since 1955
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Full-service restaurants · Welkenraedt · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of HOOP 1 · Bouw van civieltechnische werken voor vloeistoffen, n.e.g. · since 2013
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Kortenberg · since 2006