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.
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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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Schaarbeek · since 1986
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Full-service restaurants · Messancy · since 2021
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Vorst · since 1989
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Etterbeek · since 1991
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Performing arts by independent artists · Rebecq · since 1990
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Etterbeek · since 2023
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Namur · since 2011
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Activities of head offices · Tielt · since 2025
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Brasschaat · since 1987
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Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Elsene · since 1998
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Antwerpen · since 2007
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Duisburg · since 1980
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Name of an establishment of SINT-ROMBOUTS · Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 1990
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Schaarbeek · since 1967
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Vorst · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of PEACOCK VISUAL COMMUNICATION · Vertoning van films · Heusden-Zolder · since 1984
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Anderlecht · since 1985
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Brussel · since 1993
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Silly · since 2002
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Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · since 2001
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Vertoning van films · since 1979
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Genappe · since 1986
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Antwerpen · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of Ville de Liège · Winning, behandeling en distributie van water · Liège · since 1968
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Cultural education · Etterbeek · since 1978
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Namur · since 1982
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Name of an establishment of THEATRE DE LIEGE ASBL-Théâtre d'Europe · Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Liège · since 1983
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Beauraing · since 1994
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Elsene · since 1985
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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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Charleroi · since 1984
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Ath · since 1987
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Liège · since 1999
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Charleroi · since 2000