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.
“COG”
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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Abbreviation of Christelijke Onderlinge Kas voor Gezinsvergoedingen · Antwerpen · since 1938
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Vermogensbeheer · Wielsbeke · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Consultancy Office Gijbels · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Edegem · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Cogitamus · Buying and selling of own real estate · Zemst · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
Names that resemble it 50 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Baucory-COGA · Instellingen met huisvesting voor personen met psychiatrische problemen · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 1968
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Real estate agency activities · Brecht · since 1985
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Nivelles · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Orthopédie Générale et de Traumatologie · Specialist medical practice · Etterbeek · since 1998
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 2015
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Schaarbeek · since 2019
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Abbreviation of CITY OF GLORY CHURCH · Anderlecht · since 2020
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Holsbeek · since 1938
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Abbreviation of Compagnie Générale immobilière et Mobilière · Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · Flémalle · since 1940
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1971
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Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE DE GESTION PATRIMONIALE - MAATSCHAPPIJ VOOR VERMOGENBEHEER · Deinze · since 1981
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Emmeloord · since 1982
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Gembloux · since 1984
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Other tax advisory services · Liège · since 1986
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Ecaussinnes · since 1988
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Jette · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of COGEM - COMPAGNIE GENERALE DE MAINTENANCE · Machining of metals · Vincennes · since 1989
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Luxembourg 1724 · since 1989
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Merbes-le-Château · since 1992
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Development of residential building projects · Charleroi · since 1992
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Abbreviation of CORPORATION FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICES · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Herent · since 1999
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Abbreviation of COOPERATION-GESTION · Brussel · since 1999
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Abbreviation of CONSEIL DE GESTION DES SALLES POLYVALENTES DU CENTRE CULTUREL D'EGHEZEE · Eghezée · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Corporate Governance & Administration · Other legal services · Koekelberg · since 2013
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Villers-la-Ville · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Flémalle · since 2020
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Support activities for crop production · since 2021
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Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse · since 2022
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Other specialised construction activities · Zoersel · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2011
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Dilbeek · since 2011
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Fosses-la-Ville · since 2012
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Hairdressing and barber services · Boussu · since 2005
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Oupeye · since 2025
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Abbreviation of CENTRUM ORTHOPEDIE · Specialist medical practice · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Abbreviation of CO.plus · Urban planning and landscape architecture · Evergem · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Clair Obscur · Kalmthout · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Cercle d'Ostéopathie de l'Université Libre de Bruxelles · Anderlecht · since 2019
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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Activiteiten van centrale banken · Arlon · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Herstal · since 2024
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Abbreviation of COLLECTION OFFICE · Houthulst · since 2024
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Other education · since 2025
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Abbreviation of COOPERATIVE GESTION MEDICALE · Liège · since 1990
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Abbreviation of CHARLEMAGNE ORCHESTRA · Elsene · since 1999