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.
“The Lighthouse”
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
25 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Knokke-Heist · since 1984
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2015
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Brugge · since 2022
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Real estate agency activities · Wevelgem · since 2024
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Abbreviation of The Lighthouse Alliance · Schaarbeek · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Mom&Pop Super Mega Farm · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Kelmis · since 2006
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Ukkel · since 2010
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Cafés and bars · Oostende · since 2015
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Photography, excluding press photography · Antwerpen · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of LIGHTHOUSE NIEUWPOORT · Vermogensbeheer · Nieuwpoort · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of Kohera.sql · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kontich · since 2015
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Other information service activities · Mortsel · since 2017
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Dendermonde · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of MGVD · Full-service restaurants · Baelen · since 2021
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Verhuur en lease van transportmiddelen voor vervoer over water · since 2021
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since 2023
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Brakel · since 2011
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2019
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2008
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Personenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · Lanaken · since 2024
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glasgow · since 2007
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Hoogstraten · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Ternat · since 2019
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · since 1993
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Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · since 2022
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Wetteren · since 2007
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2018
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Gent · since 1992
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Computer programming · Ninove · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Wemmel · since 2008
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Other personal services · since 2020
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · since 2017
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Employment placement agencies · Oostkamp · since 2017
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2019
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2022
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Willebroek · since 2010
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Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Brussel · since 2002
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kortrijk · since 2008
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2016
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Brecht · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of The Liverbirds · Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of VW-EVENTS · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Stekene · since 2010
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2025
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Huldenberg · since 2022
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Real estate agency activities · Koksijde · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Electro-Mandel · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Roeselare · since 1966
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Other software publishing · Vorst · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Aalter · since 2026
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Diest · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of PROGIL · Freight transport by road · Damme · since 1994
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Rixensart · since 1989