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.
“Bosco Base”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Youth work associations · Leuven · since 1990
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Genk · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schoten · since 1992
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Personenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · Brussel · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · Couvin · since 2019
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2025
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Pelt · since 2014
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Trade name of Telenet Group · Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Mechelen · since 1998
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Abbreviation of BASE - BUILDING AND SAFETY EXPERTS · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gent · since 2001
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Gent · since 2014
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Graphic design and visual communication · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Brussels Airport Sustainable Energy · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Zaventem · since 2024
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Other information service activities · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of E.S. Ambulances · Patiëntenvervoer per ambulance · Charleroi · since 2025
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Lier · since 1945
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Full-service restaurants · Arlon · since 2023
Names that resemble it 3 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Schilde · since 2007
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of VAN DEN BOSSCHE MARTIN · Detailhandel in wand- en vloertegels · Bornem · since 1998