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.
“live light”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in huismeubilair · Boom · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2022
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Charleroi · since 2024
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Genk · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · since 2011
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Herk-de-Stad · since 2018
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Abbreviation of LAND INVESTMENT VEHICLE · Buying and selling of own real estate · Oudergem · since 2022
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Name of VELDO · Vervaardiging van kunststofartikelen voor de bouw · Malmedy · since 2007
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2017
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Tervuren · since 2020
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Design and construction of stages and sets · since 2015
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Antwerpen · since 2002
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1983
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Detailhandel in boeken · Maldegem · since 2022
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Retail sale of household furniture · Villers-la-Ville · since 1979
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostende · since 2014
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Other information technology and computer services · Braine-le-Château · since 2022
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2000
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · Sint-Laureins · since 2011
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Orp-Jauche · since 2005
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Orp-Jauche · since 2006
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Cafés and bars · Hasselt · since 2020
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Travel agency activities · since 2023
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2023
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Graphic design and visual communication · Braine-le-Château · since 2011
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2006
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Namur · since 2007
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Joinery installation · Malmedy · since 2017