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.
“COOBRA”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Grobbendonk · since 2025
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Literary creation · Wetteren · since 2026
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Brussel · since 1950
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Observation belge des Reptiles et des Amphibiens - Belgisch Centrum voor Observatie van Reptielen en Amfibieën · Elsene · since 1975
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Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE INDUSTRIELLE DU BRACELET · Besancon · since 1982
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General construction of residential buildings · Grez-Doiceau · since 1984
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Binche · since 1993
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Elsene · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of OLD TRAFFORD · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Other business support services · Roeselare · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Tienen · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Oosterzele · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Cobra Events · Hamoir · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · since 1977
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Abbreviation of IGS Cultuurregio Oost-Brabant · Aarschot · since 2026
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Oostrozebeke · since 1985
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other social work without accommodation · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Société Coopérative Bruxelloise d'Alimentation · Evere · since 1955
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Abbreviation of Motorentoerismeclub Cobra's · Lochristi · since 1994
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Cafés and bars · Elsene · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Maldegem · since 2007
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Office administrative and support services · Schilde · since 2024
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Activities of building architects · Zedelgem · since 2019
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Elsene · since 1927