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.
“COSAERT BART”
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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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2012
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Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · since 2014
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Sports and recreation education · since 2014
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2021
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since 2003
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since 1988
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2013
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since 2020
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Plastering work · since 2017
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Activities of interior architects · since 1989
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2020
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1999
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2000
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Blankenberge · since 1993
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2016
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Literary creation · since 2016
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2019
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since 2010
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Physiotherapy · since 2019
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · since 2010
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1982
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since 2012
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since 2008
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Other education · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 2015
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Knokke-Heist · since 1978
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since 1989
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Mixed farming · since 1999
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2019
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2019
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since 2000
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Mixed farming · since 1998
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2023
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Other personal services · since 2009
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Kortrijk · since 2010
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Mixed farming · since 2013
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since 2004
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 2009