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.
“BE COOK”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Event catering · Beersel · since 2014
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Luxembourg · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of COUP D'BARRE · Vervaardiging van sportartikelen · Brussel · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Bureau d'Etude et de COOrdination · Jalhay · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 1994
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Other personal services · since 2024
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Soignies · since 2014
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Flémalle · since 2022
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Activities of head offices · Halle · since 2023
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · since 2010
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Seneffe · since 2006
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Plumbing work · Oostkamp · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ukkel · since 2022
Names that resemble it 42 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of BESTUUR EN COORDINATIE · Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 1991
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General cleaning of buildings · Aartselaar · since 1995
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Other building finishing work · Gent · since 2000
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Site preparation · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2001
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Vermogensbeheer · Menen · since 2018
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN EXPORT CONSULTANCY · Business and other management consultancy · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2005
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Retail sale of footwear · Aalst · since 1986
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Roeselare · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Herentals · since 1989
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Sanering en ander afvalbeheer · Herselt · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Kapellen · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Belgian Center for Occupational Hygiene · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Leuven · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Heusden-Zolder · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van industriële gassen · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2008
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Lubbeek · since 2011
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Abbreviation of BUREAU D'ETUDES, CONSEIL, ORGANISATION ET FORMATION · Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of Becommerce · Other non-specialised retail sale · Brussel · since 2007
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Hamont-Achel · since 2026
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Other business support services · Quévy · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Oudergem · since 1993
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Namur · since 1994
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Groothandel in machines voor de mijnbouw, de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Deinze · since 2013
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Combined facilities support activities · Lochristi · since 2015
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Other retail sale of new goods · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2016
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Advertising agencies · since 2016
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Other specialised construction activities · Beersel · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Menen · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Beringen · since 2019
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Belgian Congolese Professionnel Solidarity · Charleroi · since 2020
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Other education · since 2021
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Abbreviation of BeCode SRL · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Brussel · since 2021
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Other education · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Lievegem · since 2012
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Name of an establishment · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Diest · since 2006
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Abbreviation of BEHEER COMPANY VERBAKEL · Activities of holding companies · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2007
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Abbreviation of BeCODA · Ath · since 2024
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Activities of building architects · Brecht · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Bureau d'Etudes et de Constructions · Anderlecht · since 1952
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Aalst · since 2000
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Other education · Brussel · since 2016