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.
“Tim Claus”
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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Forging of metal · Lokeren · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · Ieper · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of GARAGE CLAUS · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zonnebeke · since 1982
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Abbreviation of TIM GLOBAL MEDIA · Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1975
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Abbreviation of TIENSE INVESTERINGSMAATSCHAPPIJ · Diest · since 1996
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Abbreviation of TIENEN INVEST MAATSCHAPPIJ · Development of non-residential building projects · Tienen · since 2001
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2013
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Turnhout · since 2013
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Time Machine · Performing arts by independent artists · Aarschot · since 2017
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Oosterzele · since 2012
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Joinery installation · since 2022
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2023
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Abbreviation of TROCH INVESTMENT & MANAGEMENT · Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Willebroek · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Thuisverpleging Ingrid Menten · Wellen · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Tierolf Immobiliën Management · Business and other management consultancy · Wichelen · since 2004
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Technisch Innovatief Maatwerk · Activities of head offices · Kapellen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of T - IMMO & MANAGEMENT · Activities of holding companies · Saint-Nicolas · since 2025
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Abbreviation of TENNIS IN MOTION · Activiteiten van tennisclubs · Knokke-Heist · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Sint-Maria-Instituut · Geel · since 1956
Names that resemble it 2 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Landscape service activities · since 2015
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Tervuren · since 2016