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Name check

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.

“Coltro”

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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Coltro same name
    Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Zoersel · since 2019
  • Colgro very similar
    Other business support services · Schilde · since 2022
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • COLT similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Tienen · since 2010
  • COLTD similar
    Abbreviation of College ten Doorn · Mixed farming · Eeklo · since 1959
  • ROMA · since 2010
  • Coltan similar
    Waterloo · since 1966
  • COLTER similar
    Development of residential building projects · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2002
  • Colt 45 similar
    Abbreviation of Colt 45 Waarschoot · Lievegem · since 2014
  • COLTIM similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Celles (lez-Tournai) · since 2015
  • COLTAN similar
    Fitness centres · Kampenhout · since 2019
  • Coltim similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Elsene · since 1973

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