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.
“COLOBUS”
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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Activities of head offices · Wommelgem · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of COLOMBUS - HTC · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of Maison CLOBUS · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Herstal · since 1991
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vermogensbeheer · Mortsel · since 2015
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Sambreville · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of COBALT GROUP · Computer programming · Diepenbeek · since 2008
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2015
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Other sports activities · Kortrijk · since 2026
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Market research and public opinion polling · Maarkedal · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of D.S. CONSULTING · Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 1997
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Schilde · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of DE GOUDEN KROON · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of JDC VERZEKERINGEN · Insurance agents and brokers · Tienen · since 2018
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Diest · since 2020
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Development of residential building projects · Bierbeek · since 2021
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Activities of head offices · Schilde · since 2022
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Maldegem · since 1978
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Houyet · since 1992
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Braine-le-Comte · since 2017
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General medical practice · since 2020
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Laakdal · since 2011
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General construction of residential buildings · Quaregnon · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Genk · since 2024
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Painting of buildings · since 2025
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Other information technology and computer services · Oudsbergen · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Mouscron · since 2004