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.
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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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Mol · since 1993
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Insulation installation · Hasselt · since 2010
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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since 1992
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Cafés and bars · since 2026
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · since 1984
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since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2019
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1992
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2017
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Landscape service activities · since 2018
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 1994
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Vervaardiging van muziekinstrumenten · since 2015
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since 1998
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Cafés and bars · since 1980
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 1990
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since 1995
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since 1989
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2020
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since 2020
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Retail sale of bicycles · Roeselare · since 2020
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2021
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2000
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Activities of lawyers · since 1982
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Activities of notaries · since 2004
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since 2006
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General electrical installation work · since 2008
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2024
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since 2024
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · since 2025
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Office administrative and support services · since 2025
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2026
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Other information service activities · Diest · since 2021
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since 2004