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.
“COAST”
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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Vorst · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of FISHEXPERT · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2023
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of MANILA BAY · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Oostende · since 2020
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Other personal services · since 1998
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Other educational support services · since 2026
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Computer programming · Oostkamp · since 2000
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Brugge · since 2003
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Hairdressing and barber services · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2016
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Abbreviation of COCKX VASTGOED · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Glabbeek · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · Thimister-Clermont · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · De Panne · since 2011
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Abbreviation of COOPERATIEF VAN VASTGOEDMAKELAARS VOOR BEGELEIDING VAN VASTGOEDTRANSACTIES VAN OVERHEDEN EN BIJZONDERE OPDRACHTGEVERS · Real estate agency activities · Gent · since 2011
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Aalst · since 1993
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Nieuwpoort · since 2012
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Name of JUUL · Activities of holding companies · Veurne · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Waasmunster · since 2020
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Oostende · since 1997
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Brussel · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Oostkamp · since 1968
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Wevelgem · since 2015
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Abbreviation of COMMUNITY OF ART · Anderlecht · since 2022
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Land surveying · Tournai · since 2009
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Abbreviation of CHILDREN OF ATLAS · Anderlecht · since 2026
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since 1987
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Truiden · since 2023
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Insurance agents and brokers · Amay · since 2005
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Name of an establishment · Other amusement and recreation activities · Zedelgem · since 1985
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2016