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.
“BOLCO”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · UTRECHT · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Wommelgem · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Anderlecht · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zele · since 2024
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Overige maatschappelijke dienstverlening met huisvesting, n.e.g. · Liège · since 2023
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Walcourt · since 2014
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Mol · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Bouwonderneming Lemahieu · General construction of residential buildings · Heuvelland · since 1990
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Geetbets · since 2002
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Abbreviation of BELGIUM OLD LIONS · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Battery of Limburg · Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Hasselt · since 2023
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Other specialised construction activities · Ronse · since 2022
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Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · Zottegem · since 1995
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2014
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Other business support services · Waregem · since 2020
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Retail sale of household furniture · Sint-Niklaas · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van ander technisch en industrieel textiel · since 2007
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Poperinge · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Bewust Over Leven · Bree · since 1993