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.
“VISUEL”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Clavier · since 2012
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Zottegem · since 2003
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2013
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2008
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Graphic design and visual communication · Izegem · since 2024
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Jabbeke · since 2010
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since 2009
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Rixensart · since 2011
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Other business support services · Schaarbeek · since 2006
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Trade name of FUNERAILLES DERAMAIX · Funeral services · Quiévrain · since 2006
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Advertising agencies · Gerpinnes · since 1990
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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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Activities of holding companies · Lokeren · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Le Labo Visuel · Other education · Rochefort · since 2022
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2014
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of SIM'OPTIC BY SIMONI · Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Saint-Ghislain · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Vielsalm · since 2023
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Brussel · since 1990
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2022
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Bouw van civieltechnische werken voor vloeistoffen, n.e.g. · since 2017
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Durbuy · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2019
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Specialist medical practice · Mettet · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Visual Studio User Group Belgium · Other information technology and computer services · Boutersem · since 2006
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
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Productie van televisiefilms · since 2023
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Photography, excluding press photography · Herzele · since 2026
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Malmedy · since 2025