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 LOFTHOUSE”
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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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of The Liverbirds · Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2009
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Knokke-Heist · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of VANDENABEELE - VANDEPUTTE · Buying and selling of own real estate · Ronse · since 1994
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Elsene · since 2000
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As · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2015
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Brugge · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Anamorphose · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Namur · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2019
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Real estate agency activities · Wevelgem · since 2024
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Abbreviation of The Lighthouse Alliance · Schaarbeek · since 2026
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2022
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Willebroek · since 2010
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Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Brussel · since 2002
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Turnhout · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kortrijk · since 2008
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Retail sale of bicycles · since 2014
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of VW-EVENTS · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Stekene · since 2010
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Huldenberg · since 2022
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Gent · since 1992
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General construction of residential buildings · Kelmis · since 2006
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glasgow · since 2007
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Brugge · since 2025
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Other education · Aartselaar · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Wemmel · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of PROGIL · Freight transport by road · Damme · since 1994