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.
“COBEX”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Land surveying · Turnhout · since 2016
-
Abbreviation of Comptoir Belgo-Européen de Commerce · Brussel · since 1966
-
Wholesale of live animals · Ath · since 1985
-
Activities of holding companies · Zwevegem · since 1988
-
Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE BELGE ET EUROPEENNE DE REASSURANCE · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1989
-
Abbreviation of Consulting in Business and Engineering Projects · Business and other management consultancy · Andenne · since 1996
-
Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Wavre · since 1999
-
Full-service restaurants · Oudergem · since 2019
-
Other technical testing and analysis · Gent · since 2019
-
Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 2020
-
Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2012
-
Abbreviation of A.COPPE & Associés,experts immobilier · Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1983
-
Somme-Leuze · since 1989
-
Name of an establishment of ACOBEX-Bureau d'expertises · Computer programming · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2008
-
Abbreviation of Compagnie belge d'Expansion industrielle - Belgische Maatschappij voor industriële Expansie · Ukkel · since 1972
Names that resemble it 53 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Schilde · since 1985
-
Vervaardiging van gereedschap, muv vormkasten en gietvormen · Harelbeke · since 2000
-
Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 1996
-
Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2009
-
General electrical installation work · since 2009
-
Abbreviation of SOCIETE ANONYME BELGE POUR LA PROMOTION DE L'EXPORTATION · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Liège · since 1986
-
Abbreviation of Comptoir belge du Mobilier métallique-Belgisch Verkoopkantoor voor Metalen Meubelen · Brussel · since 1957
-
Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE BENELUX PARTICIPATIONS · Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 1957
-
Abbreviation of Cosyns Beheer en Consulting · Real estate agency activities · Oosterzele · since 1972
-
Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Lochristi · since 1978
-
Retail sale of women's outerwear · Brussel · since 1983
-
General electrical installation work · Liège · since 1985
-
Other tax advisory services · Nieuwpoort · since 1986
-
Péruwelz · since 1991
-
General construction of residential buildings · Aalst · since 1991
-
Abbreviation of COORDINATION BRUXELLOISE L'EMPLOI, LA FORMATION ET L'INSERTION SOCIALE DES FEMMES PEU QUALIFIEES · Vocational training · Schaarbeek · since 1992
-
Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw · Comines-Warneton · since 1996
-
Media representation · Eupen · since 2000
-
Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Berlaar · since 2002
-
Web portal activities · Aalst · since 2020
-
Activities of holding companies · Tielt · since 2022
-
Storten of permanent opslaan · Thuin · since 2007
-
Other business support services · since 2025
-
Abbreviation of Société Royale Comité Olympique Belge (Union des Groupements Nationaux d'Education Physique et de Sports) · Brussel · since 1953
-
Abbreviation of Center of Business · Hasselt · since 1970
-
Abbreviation of Cercle oenologique binchois · Estinnes · since 1991
-
Abbreviation of CONSULTATIE- EN OPLEIDINGSCENTRUM VOOR BEDRIJVEN · Other tax advisory services · Grimbergen · since 1992
-
Abbreviation of Comité Overheidsbedrijven · Anderlecht · since 1991
-
Abbreviation of Capoeira Oostende Bélgica · Oostende · since 2019
-
Abbreviation of CONSEIL DES BUREAUX (ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DES BUREAUX NATIONAUX D'ASSURANCE AUTOMOBILE) · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 2005
-
Lessines · since 1968
-
Abbreviation of Coopérative des Bouchers de Charleroi · Charleroi · since 1968
-
Abbreviation of Syndicat Constructeurs belges de robinetterie · Elsene · since 1968
-
Abbreviation of Confédération de l'Industrie de la Fabrication et du Commerce Belge du Bétail de Viandes, d'Oeufs, de Volailles et de Sous-Produit · Brussel · since 1968
-
Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Leuven · since 1971
-
General construction of residential buildings · Charleroi · since 1976
-
Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Wavre · since 1980
-
Tyre services · Couvin · since 1982
-
Abbreviation of Compagnie Belge de Distribution · Ukkel · since 1984
-
Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE BELGE DE BATIMENT · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Namur · since 1994
-
Real estate agency activities · Zaventem · since 1994
-
Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Holsbeek · since 2003
-
General electrical installation work · Harelbeke · since 2016
-
Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 1982
-
Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2016
-
Brussel · since 2018
-
Name of an establishment · Buying and selling of own real estate · Chaudfontaine · since 2007
-
Halle · since 1962
-
Abbreviation of Comptoir belge des Cokes · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1949
-
Abbreviation of Comptoir Belge Electro Industriel · Brussel · since 1973
-
Verviers · since 1974
-
Retail sale of household furniture · Rijkevorsel · since 2015
-
Name of an establishment of COBERG PROJECTS · Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2017