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.
“CATOLE”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2011
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Kippenkwekerijen · Geer · since 1998
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Vervaardiging van meet-, controle- en navigatie-instrumenten en -apparatuur · Brugge · since 1989
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Office administrative and support services · La Hulpe · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Cardio-Tonica, vriendenkring hart- en vaatpatiënten, regio Dender, Schelde, Durme · Dendermonde · since 1981
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Business and other management consultancy · Gavere · since 1989
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Abbreviation of CampusToneel Leuven · Leuven · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Cercle Académique et Technologique d'Oenologie · Other education · Wavre · since 2019
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Aalst · since 1995
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Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Gent · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of DYLMAR · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of KIRVEM · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Comines-Warneton · since 2018
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2021
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Koekelberg · since 2020
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Gent · since 2011
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2017