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.
“COWBOY”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in fietsen · Brussel · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Beernem · since 2010
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Cafés and bars · Lo-Reninge · since 1991
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Brussel · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2004
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Joinery installation · Mechelen · since 2024
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Activiteiten op het gebied van de distributie van films en video’s · Les Bons Villers · since 2021
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Productie van televisiefilms · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Keerbergen · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Plumbing work · Elsene · since 2015
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Habay · since 2011
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Brussel · since 2010
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Antwerpen · since 2004
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Cowbio ASBL · Other business support services · Léglise · since 2021
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Antwerpen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Boechout · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of 1105 Ventures I · Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Other retail sale of food · since 2024