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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“Coder, James”

An active company already has this name

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Same or very similar names

7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2006
  • CODER very similar
    Luxembourg · since 2017
  • JAMES very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Grimbergen · since 1997
  • James very similar
    Name of an establishment of BLOOM · Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Nieuwpoort · since 2003
  • Sole trader very similar
    Activiteiten van shiatsu, thai massage , watsu, tuina qigong · since 2023
  • Sole trader very similar
    Full-service restaurants · since 1973
  • Sole trader very similar
    Sports and recreation education · since 2026
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • CODES similar
    Real estate agency activities · Mechelen · since 2014
  • CODE-R similar
    Other software publishing · Aalter · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Other education · since 2010
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2006
  • 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
  • Sole trader similar
    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
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of antiques · since 2025
  • CODE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    since 2012

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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