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.
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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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · Saint-Hubert · since 2015
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Abbreviation of COMMERCIALE - ORGANISATION - DEVELOPPEMENT - ENTREPRISES · Liège · since 1988
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'ORGANISATION ET DE DEVELOPPEMENT DES ENTREPRISES · Vorst · since 1995
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Abbreviation of COORDINATION DES ORGANISATIONS NON-GOUVERNEMENTALES POUR LES DROITS DE L'ENFANT · Other social work without accommodation · Elsene · since 2000
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Abbreviation of COMMUNAUTE DEBOUT · Anderlecht · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Consultancy Decoster · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Herent · since 2022
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2009
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Visual arts creation · Diepenbeek · since 2010
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Abbreviation of CONGO DEVELOPPEMENT · Liège · since 2011
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Code vzw, productiehuis voor theater · Temse · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Cabinet d'Ophtalmologie du Docteur J.M. DEKKERS · Chaudfontaine · since 2006
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Coalition for Open Digital Ecosystems · Brussel · since 2024
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2025
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since 2012
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of WAUTERS-COOLSAET · Dental practice · Antwerpen · since 1986
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Dental practice · since 2019
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Dental practice · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Zandhoven · since 2010
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2025
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Liège · since 2023
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Activities of building architects · Gedinne · since 2008
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Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2025
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Merelbeke-Melle · since 1993
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mechelen · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ath · since 1989
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Brugge · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Villers-la-Ville · since 2024
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2024