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.
“Visuelle”
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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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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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Clavier · since 2012
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · De Haan · since 2005
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2021
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Other information service activities · Beersel · since 2024
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Other specialised design activities · Lebbeke · since 2015
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Met andere woorden · Office administrative and support services · Laakdal · since 2021
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2022
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Zottegem · since 2003
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Brussel · since 1990
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since 2009
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Other retail sale of food · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1988