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.
“COW”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Club Omnisport Walhain · Walhain · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Club des Orchidophiles wallons · Mons · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Diest · since 2001
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Advertising agencies · since 1993
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Retail sale of games and toys · Geraardsbergen · since 2019
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Abbreviation of CAT ON WHEELS · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Koekelberg · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Pecq · since 2002
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Tielt · since 2015
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General construction of residential buildings · Geraardsbergen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Centrum Onderwatersport en Opzoekingen Limburg · Hasselt · since 1964
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Abbreviation of Centrum Onderwatersport en Opzoekingen Limburg · Hasselt · since 1968
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2001
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Landscape service activities · since 2020
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Anzegem · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Coulon Waste Expertise · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Abbreviation of CENTRUM ORTHOPEDIE · Specialist medical practice · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Abbreviation of CO.plus · Urban planning and landscape architecture · Evergem · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Clair Obscur · Kalmthout · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Cercle d'Ostéopathie de l'Université Libre de Bruxelles · Anderlecht · since 2019
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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Activiteiten van centrale banken · Arlon · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Herstal · since 2024
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Abbreviation of COLLECTION OFFICE · Houthulst · since 2024
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Other education · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of COWI INTERNATIONAL · Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Aalst · since 1994
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Abbreviation of CHARLEMAGNE ORCHESTRA · Elsene · since 1999