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.
“TARGUS”
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
31 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Market research and public opinion polling · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1996
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Maastricht · since 2026
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1974
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Sint-Truiden · since 1977
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Elsene · since 1985
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Malle · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of ARGUS VASTGOED · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Steenokkerzeel · since 1990
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Abbreviation of ARGUS - JURIDISCH ADVIES - ARGUS - CONSEIL JURIDIQUE · Activities of lawyers · Grimbergen · since 1992
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Koksijde · since 2001
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Cafés and bars · since 2015
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Wholesale of other food products · since 1961
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brasschaat · since 2020
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Brugge · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van isolatoren en isolatiemateriaal, van keramische stoffen · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 1981
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2005
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2024
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Middlesex · since 2005
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HOUNSLOW MIDDLESEX · since 2006
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Development of residential building projects · Aalst · since 1998
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Schaarbeek · since 2003
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Joinery installation · Putte · since 2021
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Wholesale of other food products · Vosselaar · since 2009
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Podiatry and foot care · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2005
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Grâce-Hollogne · since 2006
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Activities of head offices · Lendelede · since 2023
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Brugge · since 1968
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Vilvoorde · since 1977
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1996
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Name of VANDEN BROELE PRODUCTIONS · Other printing · Brugge · since 1998
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Advertising agencies · Gent · since 1984
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Antwerpen · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of TARGET ADVERTISING · Advertising agencies · Namur · since 2015
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Activiteiten van wielerclubs · Sint-Niklaas · since 2016
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Employment placement agencies · since 2016
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Brussel · since 2016
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Zemst · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2009
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2005
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Aarschot · since 1991
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Logistics services · Geel · since 2011