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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“switchdirect”

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.

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Same or very similar names

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2024
  • switchdirect same name
    Telecommunications resale and intermediation services · Bredene · since 2026
  • Switchdieet very similar
    Nutrition and dietetics services · Kasterlee · since 2022
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • SWITCH similar
    Abbreviation of SWITCH Créations et Réalisations Publicitaires · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1986
  • SWITCH similar
    General electrical installation work · Roosdaal · since 1999
  • Switch similar
    Name of an establishment of scwitch · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2016
  • S.W.I.T.C.H. similar
    Abbreviation of SOCIETE WALLONNE POUR L'INVESTISSEMENT DANS LE TOURISME, LA CULTURE ET L'HORECA · Tourist information services · Namur · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Sports and recreation education · since 2010
  • Sole trader similar
    Sports and recreation education · since 2014
  • Switch similar
    Other membership organisations · Schaarbeek · since 2010
  • Sole trader similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2011
  • Sole trader similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2012
  • SWITCH similar
    Real estate agency activities · Brussel · since 2007
  • SWITCHY similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 2021
  • DIRECT similar
    Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Heusden-Zolder · since 1990
  • DIRECT similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hoogstraten · since 2012
  • DI-RECT similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Merchtem · since 2006
  • SWITCHO similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Advertising agencies · Bièvre · since 2020

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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