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.
“COSEVE”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of building architects · Ukkel · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2025
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Alken · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Sambreville · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Coordination des services d'accueil d'enfants de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles · Activities of professional membership organisations · Mons · since 2015
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of household furniture · Enghien · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Circle of Sustainable Europe · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Brussel · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Ganshoren · since 2007
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Ganshoren · since 1984
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Activities of building architects · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Consulting Office Security, Environment and Safety · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Couvin · since 2018
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Beersel · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Comité de soutien à l'école communale de Moustier · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2009
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General electrical installation work · hooge mierde · since 2010
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General construction of residential buildings · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2024
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Activities of interior architects · Koksijde · since 2025
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Tourist information services · since 1997
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Lasne · since 1992
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Materials recovery from waste · Incourt · since 1981
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since 1991
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Office administrative and support services · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Amel · since 2020
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Hoeilaart · since 2006
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Boechout · since 2005