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.
“Twenty-Four”
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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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Lede · since 2005
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Computer programming · Diepenbeek · since 2013
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Hasselt · since 2021
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Hongkong · since 2026
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Brussel · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of DEVILLERS-BIGARE · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Hannut · since 1995
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since 1966
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Vermogensbeheer · Ronse · since 2020
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Gent · since 2021
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2026
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Kalmthout · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 2016
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2022
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Florennes · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · since 2012
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Berlin · since 2023
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Activiteiten van reisorganisatoren · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Heusden-Zolder · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1995
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Hairdressing and barber services · Nijlen · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · Ieper · since 2015
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Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · Izegem · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2022
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Other business support services · Westerlo · since 2022