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 Movement”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Berlaar · since 1996
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Activities of business and employers' organisations · Gent · since 2020
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Other business support services · Genk · since 2009
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Antwerpen · since 2023
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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Other personal services · since 2025
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Merelbeke-Melle · since 2014
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Sports and recreation education · Oostende · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Football clubs · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2003
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Cultural education · Ieper · since 2017
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Advertising agencies · since 2021
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2023
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Wervik · since 2001
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2026
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Abbreviation of MOVE FOR PARKINSON · Oud-Turnhout · since 2014
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Sports and recreation education · since 2017
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Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 2020
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Wemmel · since 2009
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Trade name of INGE & CO · On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2022
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Sports and recreation education · since 2020
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Wetteren · since 2020
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Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 2021
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Physiotherapy · Berlaar · since 2023
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Physiotherapy · Linkebeek · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · Etterbeek · since 2017
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Hotels and similar accommodation · since 2019
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Other sports activities · Deinze · since 2023
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Computer programming · Edegem · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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Other retail sale of food · since 2023
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Activities of independent sportspeople · since 2026
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Physiotherapy · Grobbendonk · since 2011
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Abbreviation of MULTIPROFESSIONELE ARCHITECTENVENNOOTSCHAP THEMENOS · Activities of building architects · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Manage · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of IRET · General cleaning of buildings · Gent · since 2012
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2020
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Web portal activities · Lebbeke · since 2021
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Antwerpen · since 2024