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.
“COSMOFARMA”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van parfums en toiletartikelen · Eeklo · since 1999
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Schaarbeek · since 1965
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Office administrative and support services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 1981
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Name of an establishment of Vranken - Heylen · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Tielt-Winge · since 1988
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Demolition · Dendermonde · since 1992
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · Lier · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of COSSMO · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Mol · since 1998
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Abbreviation of CULTUUR-, ONTSPANNINGS- EN SPORTKRING MOBIELE ONDERSTEUNING · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Boortmeerbeek · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Schoten · since 2009
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Goederenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · since 1963
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Bastogne · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of COOP-APOTHEKEN · Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Gent · since 1981