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.
“TRUE”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Studio Vagabondo · Market research and public opinion polling · Gent · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Herk-de-Stad · since 1997
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Activities of head offices · Gent · since 2015
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Other personal services · since 2020
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Sound recording · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Other information technology and computer services · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2016
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · since 2011
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General medical practice · Ternat · since 1987
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Tervuren · since 2020
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Translation services · since 1996
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Other information technology and computer services · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2022
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2022
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General cleaning of buildings · Genk · since 2019
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2024
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Computer programming · since 2013
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Development of residential building projects · Menen · since 2019
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Antwerpen · since 2019
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2015
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Computer programming · since 2025
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Dilbeek · since 2021
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Machining of metals · Deinze · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2025
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2026