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.
“THE ASH”
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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Hotels and similar accommodation · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Vertoning van films · Liège · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of THE ASHRAS MAGIC VZW · Performing arts by independent artists · Gent · since 1992
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1990
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1988
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of HORECA INVESTMENTS · Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2001
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Cafés and bars · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of THE SWITCH · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · since 2024
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2012
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Abbreviation of THE ARTIST'S RENOVATION · General construction of residential buildings · Hoeilaart · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Huldenberg · since 2019
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Computer programming · Jurbise · since 2022
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2023
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Trade name of ARW Architecten · Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2006
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Ukkel · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2016
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1995