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.
“COIL”
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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Coating of metals · Brussel · since 1992
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Vervaardiging van ijzer en staal en van ferrolegeringen · Gent · since 2008
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2026
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Grimbergen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Centrum voor Ondersteuning van digitale Innovatie · Other software publishing · Leuven · since 1976
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Abbreviation of Cross Over Innovation · Other business support services · Rixensart · since 2017
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van oliën en vetten · Aalter · since 2020
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Abbreviation of COMITE OLYMPIQUE ET INTERFEDERAL BELGE · Activiteiten van sportbonden en -federaties · Brussel · since 1962
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Coop in vivo · Nivelles · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Lommel · since 2026
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Voisins le Bretonneux · since 1993
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Brugge · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Zonnebeke · since 2024