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.
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of building architects · Brussel · since 2009
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Other sports activities · Lasne · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2020
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of interior architects · Brussel · since 2017
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2020
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Activities of building architects · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Sports and recreation education · Gent · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Emilie Sabbe · Sports and recreation education · Brugge · since 2025
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2014
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Sports and recreation education · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Zemst · since 2015
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Plombières · since 2016
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2018
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2025
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Mortsel · since 1993
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Oostende · since 2002
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2017
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Kapellen · since 2017
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Activities of interior architects · since 2023
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Aarschot · since 2009
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Operation of sports facilities · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van elektronische onderdelen · Evere · since 2021
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Non-conventional therapeutic services · since 2026
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2024
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Web portal activities · Seraing · since 2024
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Activities of interior architects · since 2025
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Sports and recreation education · Tervuren · since 2025
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2025
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Computer programming · since 2026