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.
“COEPA”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van zuivelproducten · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2000
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Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE BENELUX PARTICIPATIONS · Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 1957
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Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Ranst · since 1935
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Abbreviation of COMPTOIR des PIECES AUTOMOBILES · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 1983
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Seraing · since 1985
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Ninove · since 1991
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Activities of holding companies · Mol · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van kantoormachines en -uitrusting (exclusief computers en randapparatuur) · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2021
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Ganshoren · since 1986
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Lier · since 1990
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Abbreviation of European Association of Automotive Suppliers · Public relations and communication consultancy · Etterbeek · since 1995
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Zuienkerke · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Compartiments Auteurs · Liège · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2002
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Hasselt · since 2015
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Grimbergen · since 2004
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Abbreviation of CORPORATE ADVISORS · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2006
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Rumst · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Center of Excellence · Brugge · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Cultureel Onschuldig Entertainment · Lommel · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Koekelberg · since 2002
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Abbreviation of COLLECTIF DREPANOCYTOSE · Brussel · since 2015
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Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2003