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.
“COLOFINA”
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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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Anderlecht · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of ANCIENS ETABLISSEMENTS COFINA · Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Jette · since 1976
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Insurance agents and brokers · Menen · since 1977
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Abbreviation of CONSTRUCTION, FINITION ET AMENAGEMENT · Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Schaarbeek · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2023
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Mechelen · since 1992
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van specerijen, sauzen en kruiderijen · Waremme · since 1971
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Business and other management consultancy · Oud-Turnhout · since 2020
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Real estate agency activities · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1988
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Insurance agents and brokers · Huy · since 1989
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Office administrative and support services · Courcelles · since 1994
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · SURESNES · since 2013
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Office administrative and support services · since 2022
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Assesse · since 2009
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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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Insurance agents and brokers · Torhout · since 2024