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.
“COCAST”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2016
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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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Abbreviation of COCKX VASTGOED · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Glabbeek · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Quebec · since 2009
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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
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Cooperative Association to Support Theatre · Schaarbeek · since 1994
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Full-service restaurants · since 2014
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Event catering · since 2016
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1995
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Abbreviation of comite d'accompagnement et de soutien a tshisekedi felix · Ganshoren · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Malle · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Culture and Sustainability Transition · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2024
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Activities of lawyers · Brussel · since 2026
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Schaarbeek · since 1997
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Abbreviation of COMMUNAUTE CULTURELLE DES ALGERIENS EN BELGIQUE · Brussel · since 2001
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Abbreviation of COLLECTIF CAROLO DES AFRICAIN.E.S POUR LA DIVERSITE · Charleroi · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Kelna · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Geel · since 1979
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Brussel · since 2013
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Nursing and midwifery · Evergem · since 2022
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Abbreviation of CENT ARBRES SANS TOIT · Logging · Thuin · since 2003