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.
“CODL”
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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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Grimbergen · since 2017
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ninove · since 1998
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Abbreviation of COLLEGE D'OMNIPRATIQUE DENTAIRE · Les Bons Villers · since 2001
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Abbreviation of COMMERCIALE - ORGANISATION - DEVELOPPEMENT - ENTREPRISES · Liège · since 1988
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Wuustwezel · since 1994
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'ORGANISATION ET DE DEVELOPPEMENT DES ENTREPRISES · Vorst · since 1995
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Other business support services · Peer · since 1997
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Bonheiden · since 1998
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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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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Balen · since 2017
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Office administrative and support services · Liège · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Coda vzw · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Consultancy Decoster · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Herent · since 2022
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Cultural education · Gent · since 2022
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Computer programming · Charleroi · since 2023
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2009
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Other technical testing and analysis · Boechout · 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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Advertising agencies · Anderlecht · since 2023
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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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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Tienen · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Ka. Ve. De. · Rumst · since 1986
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since 2012
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2010