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.
“Textures”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Ukkel · since 1975
-
Name of an establishment of Stad Kortrijk · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Kortrijk · since 1968
-
Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Dilbeek · since 2002
-
Real estate agency activities · Gent · since 1977
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2025
-
Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2025
-
Pre-press and pre-media services · Bertem · since 2015
-
since 1997
-
Name of an establishment of R. WUYTS · Business and other management consultancy · Turnhout · since 2017
-
Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2025
-
Other educational support services · since 2016
-
Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · since 2019
-
Office administrative and support services · since 1990
-
Translation services · since 2021
-
Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Assenede · since 2022
-
Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Diest · since 1993
-
Painting of buildings · Lens (Hainaut) · since 2017