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.
“Cocoen”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Antwerpen · since 1997
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Nursing and midwifery · Mortsel · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Schilde · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Ciney · since 2022
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of Stad Aalst · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Aalst · since 1968
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Abbreviation of CONDROCONFORT · Retail sale of household furniture · Neupré · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Cocon, Vrijzinnige Vereniging voor Ambulante Gespecialiseerde Jeugdzorg · Integrale jeugdhulp zonder huisvesting · Vilvoorde · since 1997
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Destelbergen · since 2013
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Destelbergen · since 2016
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Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2010
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2025
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Other business support services · Roeselare · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2024
Names that resemble it 46 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Roeselare · since 1985
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Maasmechelen · since 1993
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Other specialised construction activities · Beerse · since 2021
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Trade name of M. Van De Putte · Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1975
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1999
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1971
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of EAT & MEET · Cafés and bars · Zedelgem · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Copain & Copine · Merchtem · since 2015
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Cafés and bars · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2016
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2017
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Coupe Comedy · Boortmeerbeek · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2021
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of JCA · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Deinze · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of MARCOTTE · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Vorst · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Coenen-Company · Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2024
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Contract catering and other food service activities · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · Zelzate · since 2025
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Other education · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Franse Gemeenschapscommissie · Federale overheid · Schaarbeek · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Gemeenschappelijke Gemeenschapscommissie · Overheden van gemeenschappen en gewesten · Etterbeek · since 1989
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Vervaardiging van houten deuren en vensters · Couvin · since 1986
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Abbreviation of COMPUTER CONCEPT SERVICE · Computer programming · Retie · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · Verviers · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of CHOCODIS · Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Kortrijk · since 2006
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Mixed farming · Vleteren · since 2008
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Lievegem · since 2024
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Trade name of DOFAMILY · Full-service restaurants · Mons · since 2025
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Employment placement agencies · Torhout · since 2025
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Maldegem · since 1994
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Other retail sale of new goods · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Lokeren · since 2015
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 2020
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Office administrative and support services · Bonheiden · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Charleroi · since 2022
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Activities of bailiffs · Oud-Turnhout · since 2010
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Cafés and bars · Mouscron · since 2008
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since 2016
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Name of an establishment of BENEFIT LUX · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of The Space Behind · Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2019