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.
“COTOM”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other specialised construction activities · Gembloux · since 2008
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Tournai · since 1990
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Other printing · Oudenaarde · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of GONTEX · Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · since 2021
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Aalter · since 2020
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2022
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Antwerpen · since 1954
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Elsene · since 1952
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General electrical installation work · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Comptoir Organisation Textile · Kortrijk · since 1972
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Abbreviation of CONSEIL ENORGANISATION DU TRAVAIL · Anderlecht · since 2000
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Abbreviation of CASTEUR OPTICS & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS · Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Bredene · since 2003
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Abbreviation of COPPENS OOGARTSEN MIDDELENVENNOOTSCHAP · General medical practice · Aalst · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Centre of Transformation · Other education · Lint · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · since 2020
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Abbreviation of COM.IT · Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Etterbeek · since 2020
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Physiotherapy · Brugge · since 2021
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Abbreviation of CLUB OLYMPIC TRIVIERES · Cafés and bars · La Louvière · since 2009
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2023
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2005
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Abbreviation of CO MANAGEMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Stavelot · since 2023
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Activities of head offices · Knokke-Heist · since 2025
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Abbreviation of La Communauté Katangaise d' Outre-Mer · Meise · since 2000
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2013
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · since 2000
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Computer programming · Hoeilaart · since 2019
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Trade name of THINGS framework · Other software publishing · Braine-le-Comte · since 2020
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2026
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2025
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Aartselaar · since 1991