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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Colson, Alexander”

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

10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Colson, Alexander (sole trader) same name
    Activities of building architects · since 2009
  • Josson, Alexander (sole trader) very similar
    Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · since 2016
  • Cousin, Alexander (sole trader) very similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2025
  • ALEXANDER very similar
    Vichy · since 1964
  • ALEXANDER (sole trader) very similar
    General medical practice · since 2018
  • ALEXANDER very similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Essen · since 2013
  • Alexander very similar
    Activities of lawyers · Brugge · since 2019
  • Alexander very similar
    Name of an establishment of BW-OPTIX · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Roeselare · since 2007
  • Alexander very similar
    Name of an establishment of Rania · Computer programming · Herzele · since 2024
  • ALEXANDER (sole trader) very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Full-service restaurants · since 1993
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

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