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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Claes, Rob”

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

18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Claes, Rob (sole trader) same name
    Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2022
  • Claes, Rob (sole trader) same name
    Other business support services · since 2025
  • Claes, Rob (sole trader) same name
    Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · since 2026
  • Claes, Robby (sole trader) very similar
    Other specialised construction activities · since 2022
  • CLAES very similar
    Name of an establishment of HORLOGERIE - BIJOUTERIE CLAES · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Jette · since 1985
  • CLAES very similar
    Glaszetten · Lummen · since 1988
  • CLAES very similar
    Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Nijlen · since 1988
  • CLAES very similar
    Sint-Truiden · since 1991
  • CLAES very similar
    Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Steenokkerzeel · since 1992
  • CLAES very similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1998
  • CLAES very similar
    Warehousing and storage · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2001
  • Claes (sole trader) very similar
    Nursing and midwifery · since 2014
  • Claus, Rob (sole trader) very similar
    since 1999
  • CLAES very similar
    Development of residential building projects · Geraardsbergen · since 2023
  • CLAES (sole trader) very similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2021
  • CLAES (sole trader) very similar
    Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2011
  • CLAES (sole trader) very similar
    Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · since 1965
  • CLAES (sole trader) very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1998
Names that resemble it 54 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

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