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Is your company name already in the register?

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

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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

16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Time-Image same name
    Tongeren · since 1991
  • TIME very similar
    Joinery installation · De Haan · since 2000
  • Sole trader very similar
    Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 1997
  • TIME very similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Wommelgem · since 2021
  • Time very similar
    Name of an establishment of Fore-One · Full-service restaurants · Tremelo · since 2012
  • Sole trader very similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2007
  • TiMe very similar
    Abbreviation of TiMe Swimming Team vzw · Dentergem · since 2023
  • IMAGE very similar
    Name of an establishment of EURO COMMON MARKET · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1988
  • I M A G E very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Assenede · since 2002
  • Sole trader very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 1993
  • Sole trader very similar
    Production of cinema films · since 1992
  • Sole trader very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 1997
  • iMAGE very similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · Sambreville · since 2010
  • Image very similar
    Name of an establishment of C WHITE · Hairdressing and barber services · Schaarbeek · since 2011
  • Sole trader very similar
    Office administrative and support services · since 2012
  • IMAGE very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Gent · since 2008
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Home Image similar
    Specialist medical practice · Turnhout · since 2021
  • TIMEIT similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ukkel · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Other personal services · since 2012
  • Time In similar
    Name of InnerTime · Brecht · since 2025
  • TIME-MANAGE similar
    Book publishing · Antwerpen · since 1987
  • i Mage similar
    Other printing · Liège · since 2008

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