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Is your company name already in the register?

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“liteRARITEIT”

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • liteRARITEIT same name
    Book publishing · Gent · since 2025
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • LITERA similar
    Translation services · Maldegem · since 1996
  • Sole trader similar
    Translation services · since 2018
  • Literal similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lummen · since 2022
  • LITERAAL similar
    Translation services · Wijnegem · since 2024
  • LITE similar
    Activities of interior architects · Oosterzele · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
  • Litteraria similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Liège · since 1954

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