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.
“CAPTAIN 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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Ieper · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2010
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Turnhout · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van gedistilleerde dranken door distilleren, rectificeren en mengen · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of Solid Media · Advertising agencies · Hasselt · since 2020
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Performing arts by independent artists · Tielt · since 2022
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2022
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Other building finishing work · Kuurne · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Halle · since 2024
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Personenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · since 2025
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Travel agency activities · Vilvoorde · since 2022
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Roofing work · since 2025
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Lille · since 2023
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Personenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · Oostende · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Boutersem · since 2019
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · since 2020
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Event catering · since 2020
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Interior design · since 2009
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Contract catering and other food service activities · De Haan · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van maalderijproducten · Deinze · since 2026
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Computer programming · Boortmeerbeek · since 2014
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Web portal activities · since 2023
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Bilzen · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of G.J.J · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Nieuwpoort · since 2015