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.
“COFAMEX”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Risk and damage evaluation · Namur · since 2008
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Combined facilities support activities · Knokke-Heist · since 1991
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Thimister-Clermont · since 2010
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General construction of residential buildings · Soumagne · since 2012
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hove · since 1988
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Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2020
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Courcelles · since 1970
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Abbreviation of Comité officiel des Fêtes d'Auvelais ASBL · Sambreville · since 2017
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Diensten in verband met de luchtvaart · Oostende · since 2025
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Other information technology and computer services · Landen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Compagnie forestière Ardennes-Condroz · Sawmilling and planing of wood · Durbuy · since 1965
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Name of an establishment of De Visscherie · Full-service restaurants · Roeselare · since 1969
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Abbreviation of Confédération des Fraternelles d'Après-Guerre · Brussel · since 1941
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Abbreviation of Société Coopérative Commerciale d'Exploitation · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1977
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Trade name of F.V. DE GROOF'S IN- EN UITKLARINGSBEDRIJF B.V. · Logistics services · Hansweert · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Council of Filippines Associations in Belgium · Elsene · since 1993
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Gent · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Mortsel · since 2021
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Braine-l'Alleud · since 1989