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.
“COWEN”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Coulon Waste Expertise · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2026
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since 2006
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gesves · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Coordination Environnemnent · Verenigingen op het vlak van milieu en mobiliteit · Elsene · since 1994
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Web portal activities · Wasseiges · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Aalter · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Oudergem · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Haaltert · since 2022
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Literary creation · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of DPV CONSTRUCT · Demolition · Fleurus · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2011
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Computer programming · Tournai · since 2003
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2006
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Real estate agency activities · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2007
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Dental practice · Nivelles · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Seraing · since 2023
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Jodoigne · since 1967
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Computercentrum voor Wetenschappelijk Bedrijfsbeheer en Accountantskantoor voor K.M.O. · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Tielt · since 1970
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Herstal · since 1991
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Abbreviation of CORPORATE WELLBEING AND COACHING · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Asse · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Activities of building architects · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2025
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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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Painting of buildings · since 2014
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Other building finishing work · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Hoegaarden · since 1990
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Turnhout · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of LANDCOM · Real estate agency activities · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2015
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2012
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Roofing work · Leuven · since 2004
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since 2024
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Name of an establishment of COWENS BROTHERS SCS · Performing arts by independent artists · Charleroi · since 2015
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Elsene · since 1984