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.
“Time Smiles”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Dental practice · Overijse · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of ORELAM · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Ukkel · since 2020
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Joinery installation · De Haan · since 2000
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 1997
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Wommelgem · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Fore-One · Full-service restaurants · Tremelo · since 2012
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General electrical installation work · since 2007
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Abbreviation of TiMe Swimming Team vzw · Dentergem · since 2023
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of TEAM INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING & ENGINEERING SERVICE · Business and other management consultancy · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of Isobowl · Operation of sports facilities · Knokke-Heist · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of Verhaeghe-Jvt · Full-service restaurants · De Panne · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2018
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Dental practice · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 2011
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Activities of head offices · Etterbeek · since 2006
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Dental practice · Herentals · since 2024