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.
“Tinker”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oud-Heverlee · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Tinktank · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Gent · since 2012
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Joinery installation · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Thin Ice Inc. · Joinery installation · Tienen · since 2024
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Finishing of textiles · Nazareth · since 2021
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2001
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Amsterdam · since 2012
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Physiotherapy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2021
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Goederenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · Overijse · since 2022
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2011
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 2024
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General electrical installation work · Torhout · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Felies · Day nurseries and crèches · Schaarbeek · since 1979
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Mechelen · since 2010
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2012
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Anzegem · since 2006
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Advertising agencies · Zaventem · since 2007
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van kunststof · since 2025
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Other information service activities · Gent · since 2018
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Computer programming · Halle · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · since 2011
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2020
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Groothandel in werkkleding · Zedelgem · since 2010
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Activiteiten op het gebied van de distributie van films en video’s · Leuven · since 2014
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Detailhandel in babyartikelen (algemeen assortiment) · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Consolata Regio Sint-Genesius-Rode · Day nurseries and crèches · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1971
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Name of an establishment of Dienst Onthaalgezinnen Brasschaat · Kinderopvang door onthaalouders · Brasschaat · since 1976
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Knokke-Heist · since 2013
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Office administrative and support services · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2009
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Elsene · since 2002
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Computer programming · Lierde · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · since 2016