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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.

“Cools, Hade”

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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Same or very similar names

5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    Other education · since 2017
  • COOLS very similar
    Construction of roads and motorways · Lommel · since 1986
  • COOLS very similar
    Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · Retie · since 1997
  • COOLS very similar
    Cultural education · Menen · since 2019
  • Cools very similar
    Name of an establishment of BY COBRA · Repair and maintenance of furniture and upholstery · Izegem · since 2020
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Raising of dairy cattle · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Veterinary services · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    Advertising agencies · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    Specialist medical practice · since 1995
  • Cool S similar
    Computer programming · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2020
  • CO.OL similar
    Plumbing work · Etterbeek · since 1987
  • COOL similar
    Mixed farming · Gistel · since 1991
  • COOL similar
    Cafés and bars · Namur · since 2005
  • CO-OL similar
    Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Wevelgem · since 2024
  • CooL similar
    Abbreviation of Coopération Locale · Limbourg · since 2024
  • COOL similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Mortsel · since 2019

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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