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.
“COLTIM”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Celles (lez-Tournai) · since 2015
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Elsene · since 1973
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Verhuur en lease van textiel, kleding, sieraden en schoeisel · since 2024
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Halle · since 1960
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1997
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Activities of head offices · Hasselt · since 2023
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Other information service activities · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2017
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Leopoldsburg · since 2022
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Geluidsopnamestudio's · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Ath · since 2026
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Tienen · since 2010
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Abbreviation of College ten Doorn · Mixed farming · Eeklo · since 1959
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Knokke-Heist · since 1991
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Wetteren · since 2002
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Plumbing work · since 2016
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Other specialised design activities · since 2024
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Waterloo · since 1966
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Development of residential building projects · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Colt 45 Waarschoot · Lievegem · since 2014
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Fitness centres · Kampenhout · since 2019
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Zoersel · since 2019