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.
“VISUAL IMPACT”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · Seraing · since 1989
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Computer programming · Erpe-Mere · since 1994
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Advertising agencies · Mons · since 2004
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Advertising agencies · Mons · since 2011
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Ichtegem · since 1997
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Abbreviation of VISUAL DATA SYSTEMS · Pepingen · since 2011
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Waregem · since 2025
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2006
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Namur · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Visualize The World · Photography, excluding press photography · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Other business support services · Brussel · since 2010
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zottegem · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Beersel · since 2020
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Other specialised design activities · Ecaussinnes · since 2020
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Vielsalm · since 2022
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Translation services · Nijlen · since 2012
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Interior design · since 2024
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Bertrix · since 1997
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · since 1975
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Activities of interior architects · since 2009
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Cafés and bars · since 2005
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2019