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.
“COPHIL”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vermogensbeheer · Ukkel · since 2007
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Activities of building architects · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2026
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Aartselaar · since 1992
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Activities of religious organisations · Gent · since 1939
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Ukkel · since 1987
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Châtelet · since 2001
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Anderlecht · since 2016
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Abbreviation of SOPHIL INVEST · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Poperinge · since 2018
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Elsene · since 1984
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2018
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of antiques · Mouscron · since 2022
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De Haan · since 1983
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Computer programming · Lierneux · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2018
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Elsene · since 2011
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Liège · since 1987
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
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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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Site preparation · since 1993
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Detailhandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1987