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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.

“CORTEN”

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

42 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Cortenbach similar
    Mechelen · since 1973
  • Cort (sole trader) similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
  • CORTENBOSCH similar
    Full-service restaurants · Sint-Truiden · since 2002
  • Cortens, Bert (sole trader) similar
    Advertising agencies · since 2023
  • Cortens, Marc (sole trader) similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · since 1997
  • Cortewaghen similar
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Poperinge · since 2008
  • CORTESIN similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Schilde · since 2014
  • Cortes-Ko similar
    Activities of holding companies · Zonhoven · since 2021
  • CORTEZ NY similar
    Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2023
  • CORTEXCO similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 2008
  • CORTERIS similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2026
  • CORTO similar
    Activiteiten van dagcentra voor minderjarigen met een mentale handicap, met inbegrip van ambulante hulpverlening · Mons · since 1976
  • Corto similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2025
  • CORTECS similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1996

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