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 Muse”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Evere · since 2024
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Waterloo · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of MAHE · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 1999
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Performing arts by independent artists · Dilbeek · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of The Mug Enghien · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Enghien · since 2017
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2017
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Other education · since 2017
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Graphic design and visual communication · Brugge · since 2022
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Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Brussel · since 2002
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Kontich · since 2013
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kortrijk · since 2008
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Operation of sports facilities · Zandhoven · since 1978
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Elsene · since 1986
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 1989
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Abbreviation of BEHEERSVENNOOTSCHAP THEMA · Real estate agency activities · Grimbergen · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 1990
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Awans · since 1991
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2016
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Other information technology and computer services · Herenthout · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of Equito · Computer programming · Steenokkerzeel · since 2009
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2011
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Cultural education · Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · since 2024