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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Freight transport by road · Eupen · since 2007
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · since 2022
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Other business support services · Lievegem · since 2022
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Abbreviation of TEMPEST OF NOISE · Visual arts creation · Elsene · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Izegem · since 1980
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Name of an establishment · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Grimbergen · since 1988
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Abbreviation of CONSEILS ET EXPERTISES · Computer programming · Profondeville · since 1989
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Elsene · since 1995
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Abbreviation of CONSULTANCE EXPERTISE · Overige bemiddeling in en beheer van onroerend goed voor een vast bedrag of op contractbasis, n.e.g. · Bastogne · since 1998
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding
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Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2022
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Tienen · since 2026
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2002
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Advertising agencies · Boechout · since 2013
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Event catering · since 2013
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Temse · since 2017
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Izegem · since 2019
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · Bornem · since 2024
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Beyne-Heusay · since 1986
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · since 2004
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · since 2025
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2026
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Risk and damage evaluation · Vorst · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of ALSTON · Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2020
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Schaarbeek · since 1992
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2012