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.
“ZIEN”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Heusden-Zolder · since 2021
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Activities of head offices · Blankenberge · since 2024
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2021
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Other specialised design activities · Oostrozebeke · since 2024
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Other business support services · since 2007
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Asse · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of PL Projects · Other specialised construction activities · Waregem · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2004
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Waregem · since 2025
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Sports and recreation education · Zutendaal · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Zedelgem · since 2002
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Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Deerlijk · since 2018
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2022
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2019
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since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Huldenberg · since 2022
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Interior design · since 2026
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Retail sale of household furniture · Hasselt · since 2023
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since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oostende · since 2022