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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.

“COGITUS”

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.

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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

5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • COGITUS same name
    Other legal services · Chaudfontaine · since 2015
  • COGNITUS very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Meise · since 2003
  • COGITAS very similar
    Certified accountants and tax accountants · Nivelles · since 2013
  • COGITOS very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Geel · since 2016
  • COGITAS very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Full-service restaurants · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1991
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • COGIT similar
    Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Dilbeek · since 2011
  • COGITO similar
    Other legal services · Oupeye · since 1991
  • COGITO similar
    Other educational support services · Ukkel · since 2001
  • COGITO similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Vielsalm · since 2002
  • COGITA similar
    Certified accountants and tax accountants · Brugge · since 2019
  • Cogito similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Erpe-Mere · since 2018
  • Cogito similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2020
  • Cogito similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Oud-Turnhout · since 2019
  • Cogitamus similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Zemst · since 2023
  • COGITANDUS similar
    Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Duffel · since 2018
  • COGI similar
    Certified accountants and tax accountants · Nivelles · since 1989
  • COGILIUS similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Overijse · since 2001
  • Cogitare similar
    Other business support services · Keerbergen · since 2020
  • Conditus similar
    Activities of holding companies · Wichelen · since 2024
  • Cogim similar
    Abbreviation of Compagnie Générale immobilière et Mobilière · Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · Flémalle · since 1940
  • COGIA similar
    Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Gembloux · since 1984
  • COGIM similar
    Luxembourg 1724 · since 1989
  • cogi-D similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
  • COGIL similar
    Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse · since 2022
  • COGIO similar
    Full-service restaurants · Oupeye · since 2025
  • Cogito similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Brasschaat · since 1994
  • Cogitans similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Oostende · since 2008

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