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.
“COGARD”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Pepinster · since 2007
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Ecaussinnes · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van motorvoertuigen · since 2023
Names that resemble it 12 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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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1971
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Emmeloord · since 1982
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Development of residential building projects · Charleroi · since 1992
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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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Name of an establishment of COGAMA G.M.C. · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Olen · since 1979
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Business and other management consultancy · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Groen als Rode Draad · Gent · since 2025
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2025
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1991