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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

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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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Time2switch same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Waimes · since 2025
  • TIME TO SWITCH very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2019
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sports and recreation education · since 2021
  • TIME 2 similar
    Name of an establishment of Unicrown · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Leuven · since 1981
  • SWITCH similar
    Abbreviation of SWITCH Créations et Réalisations Publicitaires · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1986
  • SWITCH similar
    General electrical installation work · Roosdaal · since 1999
  • Switch similar
    Name of an establishment of scwitch · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2016
  • S.W.I.T.C.H. similar
    Abbreviation of SOCIETE WALLONNE POUR L'INVESTISSEMENT DANS LE TOURISME, LA CULTURE ET L'HORECA · Tourist information services · Namur · since 2023
  • Sports and recreation education · since 2010
  • Sports and recreation education · since 2014
  • Switch similar
    Other membership organisations · Schaarbeek · since 2010
  • Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2011
  • General electrical installation work · since 2012
  • SWITCH similar
    Real estate agency activities · Brussel · since 2007
  • TIME similar
    Joinery installation · De Haan · since 2000
  • Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 1997
  • TIME similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Wommelgem · since 2021
  • Time similar
    Name of an establishment of Fore-One · Full-service restaurants · Tremelo · since 2012
  • General electrical installation work · since 2007
  • TiMe similar
    Abbreviation of TiMe Swimming Team vzw · Dentergem · since 2023

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