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.
“Tapage”
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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Liège · since 2015
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Sound recording · Liège · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Presses Universitaires de Bruxelles · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Brussel · since 1958
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1992
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Rixensart · since 1988
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Detailhandel in boeken · since 2014
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 2023
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Knokke-Heist · since 2023
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Computer programming · Temse · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Other financial services · Affligem · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Zaventem · since 1991
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Gent · since 2014
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Event catering · Dilbeek · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Tervuren · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Hamont-Achel · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of PAGES · Retail sale of footwear · Binche · since 1989
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Verviers · since 1990
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Florenville · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Planification, Audits et Gestion de l’Environnement · Business and other management consultancy · Nivelles · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Torhout · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van elektronische printplaten · Poperinge · since 2005
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Cafés and bars · Elsene · since 2026
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Turnhout · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Partage Amour Générosité Entraide · Tubize · since 2010