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.
“COLRA”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vermogensbeheer · Mortsel · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of REMBRANDT · Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Sint-Niklaas · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of PAINT KNOKKE · Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Maldegem · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of KRIS VAN DE WEGHE · Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Brugge · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of ZOTTEGEM PAINT · Detailhandel in verf en verfwaren · Zottegem · since 2009
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Brussel · since 1950
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Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE INDUSTRIELLE DU BRACELET · Besancon · since 1982
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Zele · since 1983
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General construction of residential buildings · Grez-Doiceau · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Booze Business · Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Geel · since 2000
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Liège · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Cobra Events · Hamoir · since 2021
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Maasmechelen · since 2021
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Oostrozebeke · since 1985
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Cafés and bars · Hamoir · since 2023
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Club der Oudleerlingen Rijksmiddenschool Van Beveren-Waas · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Niklaas · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of SRL COLAURA · Land surveying · Houffalize · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2011
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Event catering · Aartselaar · since 2024
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Hasselt · since 2007