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.
“TOPICANA”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brugge · since 2025
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Ronse · since 1988
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Cafés and bars · Maaseik · since 1994
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Travel agency activities · Destelbergen · since 2002
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Gent · since 1982
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Meise · since 1987
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · Lubbeek · since 2014
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Abbreviation of TOPIC IT Advisory & Delivery · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2010
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Vermogensbeheer · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Zoersel · since 2005
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Gerpinnes · since 2006
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Mechelen · since 2008
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2023
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Ukkel · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · since 2002
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Oostkamp · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Wuustwezel · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of MIRZAL · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Boechout · since 2012
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of SG MULTI · Full-service restaurants · Dendermonde · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1987
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READING BERKS · since 2004
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Other specialised construction activities · Lokeren · since 2005
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since 2006
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Vervaardiging van communicatieapparatuur · Leuven · since 2019