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.
“COOKIM”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2012
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schilde · since 2020
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Event catering · since 2023
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Other building finishing work · since 2008
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2010
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of JOBYOURSELF COOP · Office administrative and support services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of BATICREA · Other business support services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2013
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2019
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Event catering · since 2009
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News agency activities · since 2014
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2007
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2017
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Event catering · since 2019
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2020
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1996
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · since 1990
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Verley · Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2009
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Wholesale of other food products · Jalhay · since 2021
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Contract catering and other food service activities · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of SPRL COOKIE D'OR · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2017