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.
“deFact Studio”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of interior architects · Ukkel · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2015
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Psychology services · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Kunstencentrum De Studio - Villanella · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Destelbergen · since 1996
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Computer programming · Etterbeek · since 2000
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Asse · since 2001
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Eeklo · since 2017
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Sports and recreation education · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2018
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since 1995
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Other sports activities · Ingelmunster · since 2020
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Other education · Hoogstraten · since 2024
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2025
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Detailhandel in fotografische en optische artikelen en in precisieinstrumenten, muv corrigerende brillen, lenzen en zonnebrillen · Leuven · since 1999
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ganshoren · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1992
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 1992
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Computer programming · Kontich · since 1991
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Abbreviation of DEFENSE DES ACTIONNAIRES ET OBLIGATAIRES · Elsene · since 1998
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Sint-Truiden · since 2019
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Computer programming · Mechelen · since 2003
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Vorst · since 2005
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Advertising agencies · Mortsel · since 2024
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Zonnebeke · since 2026