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.
“The Compass”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kontich · since 2015
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Hasselt · since 2014
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
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Brussel · since 2010
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Other education · since 1989
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Vervaardiging van elektronische onderdelen · since 2025
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Gent · since 1982
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Travel agency activities · Turnhout · since 1985
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Computer programming · Aalter · since 1988
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Financiële lease · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1991
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Abbreviation of COMPANY ASSISTANCE · Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of Programmeerwerken Baert · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Niklaas · since 2017
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2021
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Psychology services · Froidchapelle · since 2005
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · Zottegem · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · Wommelgem · since 2003
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Herent · since 2023
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Abbreviation of THELICE ET PASSION · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 2000
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Nursing and midwifery · Brasschaat · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Vilvoorde · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · since 2016
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2018
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Ukkel · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2010
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · since 1991
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Other software publishing · since 2015
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Tilburg · since 1992
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Other technical testing and analysis · Aalst · since 2018
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Groothandel in koffie, thee, cacao en specerijen · Schaarbeek · since 2022
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Groothandel in motorfietsen, delen en toebehoren van motorfietsen · Alken · since 1992
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Performing arts by independent artists · Jabbeke · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Ronse · since 2022
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Other specialised construction activities · Bredene · since 1977
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kontich · since 2024