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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.

“Black Cod”

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  • 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

6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Black Cod same name
    Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Antwerpen · since 2017
  • BLACK COW very similar
    Raising of dairy cattle · Trois-Ponts · since 1995
  • Sole trader very similar
    Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2019
  • BLACK very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Schaarbeek · since 1997
  • BLACK very similar
    Liège · since 2016
  • Black very similar
    Other business support services · Brasschaat · since 2021
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • BLACK CORN similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Braine-le-Château · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    Groothandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · since 1988
  • BLACKCOFFEE similar
    Cafés and bars · Fleurus · since 2014
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2020
  • BLACK CAT similar
    Liège · since 2023
  • Black coffee similar
    Name of an establishment of ECONOMIC HOME · Full-service restaurants · Fleurus · since 2008
  • Name of an establishment of BLACK LIMO · Scheduled passenger transport by road · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2017
  • Charleroi · since 2025
  • Black Club similar
    Name of an establishment of ROCOCO SWING · Cafés and bars · Chiny · since 2017
  • BLACK FOOD similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
  • BLACK CATS similar
    Visual arts creation · Ukkel · since 2021
  • BLACKWOOD similar
    Other specialised construction activities · Ninove · since 2022
  • BLACK CROW similar
    Production of cinema films · Antwerpen · since 2008
  • BlackCrow similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2024
  • BLACKH similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Lessines · since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    Full-service restaurants · since 1985
  • Sole trader similar
    Full-service restaurants · since 1983
  • BLACKB similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2006
  • Black Creek similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2020
  • Black Cloud similar
    Computer programming · Nivelles · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
  • Black Cross similar
    Leuven · since 2025
  • BLACKCHATA similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Châtelet · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    Computer programming · since 2019
  • BLACK IT similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Namur · since 2019
  • BLACK54 similar
    Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · Antwerpen · since 2023
  • B.L.A.C. similar
    Abbreviation of Braine L'Alleud Aqua Collège · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1997
  • BLAC similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Maldegem · since 2000
  • Sole trader similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2019
  • Black Circle similar
    Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Brussel · since 2026
  • Sole trader similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022

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