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.
“Colancy”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Zoersel · since 2019
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Waregem · since 2023
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Combined facilities support activities · Sint-Niklaas · since 1997
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Peer · since 2023
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 1989
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Office administrative and support services · Hoogstraten · since 2006
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Activities of bailiffs · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2021
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since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2008
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Liège · since 2015
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · Deinze · since 2012
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Anderlecht · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Lancy Laboratories · Sussex · since 1980
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Verwerking en conservering van fruit, exclusief productie van diepgevroren fruit · Beerse · since 1980
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Meise · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Wommelgem · since 2013
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Advertising agencies · Hooglede · since 2018
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Châtelet · since 2009
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Psychology services · since 2009
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Colfontaine · since 2011
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Beernem · since 2024