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.
“CEOL”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Elsene · since 1995
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Kojin Consult · Operation of sports facilities · Lennik · since 2013
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Abbreviation of CENTRUM VOOR ORGANOLOGISCHE STUDIES · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Niklaas · since 1986
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Abbreviation of CONFEDERATION EUROPEENNE D'ORGANISATION DE CONTROLE · Zurich 8032 · since 1991
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Abbreviation of CONFEDERACION ESPANOLA DE ORGANIZACIONES EMPRESARIALES · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Madrid 28006 · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2003
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of CONSEIL EUROPEEN DES OULEMA MAROCAINS · Activities of religious organisations · Elsene · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Herve · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Centre européen d’orthopédie Sidiropoulos · Etterbeek · since 2026
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since 2015
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since 1973