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.
“COPERNICUS”
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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Vermogensbeheer · Waregem · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schoten · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Erpe-Mere · since 2008
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Etterbeek · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 1992
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Activities of holding companies · Ieper · since 2006
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Milan · since 2016
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Activities of lawyers · Oud-Heverlee · since 2026
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Joinery installation · since 2020
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Wommelgem · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Gent · since 2023
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Copernic Productions · Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Oudergem · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Société Coopérative européenne de référencement et de négoce des indépendants commerçants · Other business support services · Brussel · since 2005
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Web portal activities · Liège · since 2010
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Computer programming · since 2024
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Charleroi · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Campaign for Open Politics in Europe · Elsene · since 1997
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Computer programming · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2016
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Joinery installation · since 2021
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Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of S14 · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 2011