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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.

“Codelab42”

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

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Codelab42 same name
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2014
  • CODELAB very similar
    Name of an establishment of Denim Plus · Computer programming · Genk · since 2013
  • Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2023
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • CODELABS similar
    Computer programming · Zemst · since 2018
  • CODELA similar
    Insurance agents and brokers · Waterloo · since 1986
  • CodeLaw similar
    Other software publishing · Huy · since 2022
  • Codelana similar
    Abbreviation of S.C. De la Lanoline Naturelle · Limbourg · since 1968
  • CODEL similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Floreffe · since 1994
  • CODEL similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Jabbeke · since 1996
  • CODEL similar
    Handel in elektriciteit · Liège · since 2003
  • Codelance similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Deerlijk · since 2021
  • CodeLaser similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2023
  • CODELI similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Namur · since 1988
  • Code 42 similar
    Computer programming · Evere · since 2013
  • CODELY similar
    Computer programming · Châtelet · since 2022
  • C.O.D.E. similar
    Abbreviation of COMMERCIALE - ORGANISATION - DEVELOPPEMENT - ENTREPRISES · Liège · since 1988
  • CODE similar
    Abbreviation of CENTRE D'ORGANISATION ET DE DEVELOPPEMENT DES ENTREPRISES · Vorst · since 1995
  • CODE similar
    Abbreviation of COORDINATION DES ORGANISATIONS NON-GOUVERNEMENTALES POUR LES DROITS DE L'ENFANT · Other social work without accommodation · Elsene · since 2000
  • CODE similar
    Abbreviation of COMMUNAUTE DEBOUT · Anderlecht · since 2016
  • CODE similar
    Abbreviation of Consultancy Decoster · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Herent · since 2022
  • CODE similar
    Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2009
  • CODE similar
    Visual arts creation · Diepenbeek · since 2010
  • CODE similar
    Abbreviation of CONGO DEVELOPPEMENT · Liège · since 2011
  • Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2012
  • CODE similar
    Abbreviation of Code vzw, productiehuis voor theater · Temse · since 2005
  • C.O.D.E. similar
    Abbreviation of Cabinet d'Ophtalmologie du Docteur J.M. DEKKERS · Chaudfontaine · since 2006
  • CODE similar
    Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Antwerpen · since 2006
  • CODE similar
    Abbreviation of Coalition for Open Digital Ecosystems · Brussel · since 2024
  • Retail sale of antiques · since 2025
  • CODE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    since 2012

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