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.
“COPHA”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Mémoires, Traditions et Patrimoine du Pays de Binche · Binche · since 1979
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Business and other management consultancy · Zottegem · since 2018
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Elsene · since 2011
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Activities of interior architects · Vaux-sur-Sûre · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2007
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Retail sale of household furniture · Retie · since 2005
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · La Louvière · since 1958
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Comptoir Pharmaceutique Dandoy · Schaarbeek · since 1945
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Abbreviation of CONSORTIUM PHARMACEUTIQUE DE BELGIQUE · Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Ukkel · since 2005
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Vermogensbeheer · Ukkel · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Koninklijke Handboogmaatschappij Concordia · Peer · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Chill Out Party · Peer · since 2023
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Other building finishing work · Genk · since 2011
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2016
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Retail sale of antiques · Mouscron · since 2022
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Dental practice · Hasselt · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of COF³ · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Clavier · since 2015
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Etterbeek · since 1963