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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Bostyn”

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

50 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Bost similar
    Other business support services · Hulshout · since 2023
  • BOST similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2009
  • BOST similar
    Abbreviation of Bond oud-leerlingen Slagerijschool Ter Groene Poorte Brugge · Ichtegem · since 2024
  • BOSTA similar
    Abbreviation of BELGIAN OFFICE AND STATIONERY TRADE ASSOCIATION · Activiteiten van vakbonden · Brussel · since 1983
  • Boste similar
    Activities of lawyers · Hasselt · since 2021
  • BOSTIK similar
    Montmagny (Val d'Oise) · since 1972
  • Bostra similar
    Landscape service activities · Geel · since 2018
  • B-OSTEO similar
    Erpe-Mere · since 2025
  • BOST similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of BOLLEN SERVICE en TRADING · Tienen · since 1993
  • BOSTOM similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2009

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