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.
“COOL FACTORY”
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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Development of residential building projects · Herentals · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · Vorst · since 2002
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Liège · since 2018
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Antwerpen · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of DANSE-LOISIR-CULTURE · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1988
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2010
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Advertising agencies · Gent · since 2002
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · Namur · since 2002
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Eghezée · since 2017
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2002
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Knokke-Heist · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of C3 FACTORY · Market research and public opinion polling · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2004
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Other education · since 2010
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Estaimpuis · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Schaarbeek · since 2026
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Performing arts by independent artists · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of HEAD OFFICE · Advertising agencies · Herent · since 2002
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2015
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Fitness centres · since 2022
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Vresse-sur-Semois · since 2019
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Event catering · Herentals · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of R.D. MANAGEMENT · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Ganshoren · since 2000
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Event catering · Hamois · since 2014
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Development of residential building projects · Schilde · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of 4D CONSULTANCY · Nutrition and dietetics services · Kasterlee · since 1987
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1999
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Office administrative and support services · since 2014
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Marseille · since 2014
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Herent · since 2017
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Advertising agencies · Soignies · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Haacht · since 2021
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Other personal services · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2011
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Groothandel in overig textiel · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2008
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Graphic design and visual communication · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Hasselt · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van kunststof · since 2014
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Other technical testing and analysis · since 2009