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 STAGE”
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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Other sports activities · Stabroek · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of PROMO SPECTACLES ENZO · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · La Louvière · since 2009
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Ranst · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of ARTEBEL · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Zedelgem · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Schilde · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Vilvoorde · since 1993
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Waterloo · since 1994
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Cafés and bars · since 2017
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2015
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · since 2017
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2023
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Tienen · since 2010
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1993
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Brecht · since 1986
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Profondeville · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Renoveda · General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Web portal activities · since 2026
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Zaventem · since 2022
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Knokke-Heist · since 2023
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Oudenburg · since 1964
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Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 2024