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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“COPECI”

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.

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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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • COPECI same name
    Elsene · since 1987
  • C.O.P.E.C.S. very similar
    Abbreviation of Comité des Parents de l'Ecole communale de Schaltin · Hamois · since 1992
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • COPE similar
    Abbreviation of Campaign for Open Politics in Europe · Elsene · since 1997
  • Cope similar
    Computer programming · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2016
  • Joinery installation · since 2021
  • COPECAMA similar
    Brussel · since 1995
  • COPEM NV similar
    Name of an establishment of NV Copem S.A. · Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · Kapellen · since 1975
  • C.O.P.E.S. similar
    Abbreviation of Immo Orthotec · Seraing · since 1991
  • COPEX SA similar
    CAUDAN · since 2014
  • COPEB similar
    Activities of building architects · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2012
  • COPET similar
    Nutrition and dietetics services · Walcourt · since 2004
  • COPEX similar
    Ferrières · since 2007
  • COPEX similar
    Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Gent · since 2026
  • COPEGO similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Lille · since 1988
  • COPEVA similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Turnhout · since 1989
  • CoPePa similar
    Activities of holding companies · Mol · since 2018
  • COPEMA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Beringen · since 2018
  • Copex similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Turnhout · since 2018
  • Copela similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Walcourt · since 1964

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