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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.

“Cobuz”

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.

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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

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Cobuz same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2018
  • COBUS very similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Mortsel · since 2015
  • COBUR V.Z.W. very similar
    Abbreviation of V.Z.W. COBUR, Sociale Hulpverlenings- en Solidariteitsvereniging · Turnhout · since 2006
  • Combuz very similar
    Real estate agency activities · Boom · since 2021
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • COBUCO similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2020
  • CoBuMa similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Ledegem · since 2024
  • C.O.B. similar
    Abbreviation of Société Royale Comité Olympique Belge (Union des Groupements Nationaux d'Education Physique et de Sports) · Brussel · since 1953
  • C.O.B. similar
    Abbreviation of Center of Business · Hasselt · since 1970
  • C.O.B. similar
    Abbreviation of Cercle oenologique binchois · Estinnes · since 1991
  • C.O.B. similar
    Abbreviation of CONSULTATIE- EN OPLEIDINGSCENTRUM VOOR BEDRIJVEN · Other tax advisory services · Grimbergen · since 1992
  • COB similar
    Abbreviation of Comité Overheidsbedrijven · Anderlecht · since 1991
  • COB similar
    Abbreviation of Capoeira Oostende Bélgica · Oostende · since 2019
  • CoB similar
    Abbreviation of CONSEIL DES BUREAUX (ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DES BUREAUX NATIONAUX D'ASSURANCE AUTOMOBILE) · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 2005
  • COBUREX similar
    Groothandel in kranten, boeken en tijdschriften · Deinze · since 1976
  • COBUILT similar
    Name of an establishment of RECIMAT · Vervaardiging van stortklare beton · Kluisbergen · since 2013
  • COBUDAX similar
    Activities of holding companies · Boom · since 2014
  • CoBUILD similar
    Development of residential building projects · Oud-Heverlee · since 2014
  • CO-BUILD similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Halen · since 2016
  • COBUTRA similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Geel · since 2009
  • COBUFIN similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kortrijk · since 2025
  • OBUZ similar
    Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Roeselare · since 2017
  • COBUSSI similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    since 1985

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