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.
“Upstream”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Bonheiden · since 1990
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since 2017
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Hasselt · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Event catering · De Panne · since 2023
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Temse · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Damme · since 2006
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Computer programming · Halle · since 2016
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars Residentie Upstream te Antwerpen, Cockerillkaai 16-19 · Antwerpen · since 1996
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · Zuienkerke · since 1994
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2020
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Tienen · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Schoten · since 2023
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Zwalm · since 1999
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1989
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Zaventem · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Hooglede · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025