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.
“COCACHOC”
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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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Herentals · since 1979
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Brugge · since 1998
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Brussel · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Comite des Oeuvres Culturelles · Brussel · since 1947
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Abbreviation of Cultuur en Ontspanning Centrum · Antwerpen · since 1960
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Abbreviation of Coördinatie-Organisatie-Constructie · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1974
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Halle · since 1978
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Abbreviation of CENTRE ORGANISATION DU CREDIT · Charleroi · since 1981
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Cafés and bars · since 2019
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Abbreviation of CABINET D'OPHTALMOLOGIE CHURCHILL · Specialist medical practice · Liège · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Crowd Of Chairs · Performing arts by independent artists · Gent · since 2022
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Liège · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Colors of Carnaval · Herve · since 2012
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · since 2006
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Other education · Brugge · since 2024
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Teelt van specerijgewassen en van aromatische en medicinale gewassen · since 2014
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Abbreviation of COOPÉRATIVE HUMANITAIRE D'ORGANISATION CHEVROTINE · Sivry-Rance · since 2008