Skip to content

Name check

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.

“CLAESEN”

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

40 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Claes, Ellen (sole trader) similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · since 2014
  • Claes, Elien (sole trader) similar
    Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2019
  • Claes, Elien (sole trader) similar
    Detailhandel in babyartikelen (algemeen assortiment) · since 2026
  • CLAES similar
    Name of an establishment of HORLOGERIE - BIJOUTERIE CLAES · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Jette · since 1985
  • CLAES similar
    Glaszetten · Lummen · since 1988
  • CLAES similar
    Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Nijlen · since 1988
  • CLAES similar
    Sint-Truiden · since 1991
  • CLAES similar
    Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Steenokkerzeel · since 1992
  • CLAES similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1998
  • CLAES similar
    Warehousing and storage · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2001
  • Claes (sole trader) similar
    Nursing and midwifery · since 2014
  • CLAES similar
    Development of residential building projects · Geraardsbergen · since 2023
  • CLAES (sole trader) similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2021
  • CLAES (sole trader) similar
    Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2011
  • CLAES (sole trader) similar
    Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · since 1965
  • Claes, Evy (sole trader) similar
    Advertising agencies · since 2017
  • Claes, Els (sole trader) similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2018
  • Claes, Evi (sole trader) similar
    Other education · since 2020
  • Claes, Evi (sole trader) similar
    since 2012
  • CLAES EIEREN similar
    Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Dessel · since 2013
  • CLAES EN ZOON (sole trader) similar
    Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 2016
  • CLAESSEN & CLAESSEN similar
    Name of an establishment of CLAESSEN Christian et Julian · Cafés and bars · Herve · since 2002
  • CLAES (sole trader) similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1998

Next steps

How many businesses like yours are there already?Competitors in your municipality and your sector's figures. Already have a company?See how banks and suppliers see it.

We would like to set cookies. That happens only with your consent. What we measure