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.
“TRACEBOOK”
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 information technology and computer services · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2014
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Other sports activities · Halle · since 2017
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Market research and public opinion polling · Waterloo · since 1989
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of Tr@ce · Development of residential building projects · Floreffe · since 2016
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Computer programming · Leuven · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Trace, you only have one body · Sports and recreation education · Gent · since 2019
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Abbreviation of TERRAIN DE RECHERCHES ARTISTIQUES CONTEMPORAINES ET EXPÉRIMENTALES · Grez-Doiceau · since 2009
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Sports and recreation education · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Trooz · since 2008
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Vorst · since 1998
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Ciney · since 2001
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Seneffe · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · La Hulpe · since 2014
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Elsene · since 2003
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2025
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Zaventem · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Total Recovery Addiction Care · Schoten · since 2015
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Kortrijk · since 1984
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Abbreviation of THEATRE, RECHERCHE ARTISTIQUE, CREATIVITE, EXPRESSION, REALISATIONS · Brunehaut · since 1992
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Ukkel · since 2001