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.
“Cools, Ina”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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since 1999
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Construction of roads and motorways · Lommel · since 1986
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Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · Retie · since 1997
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Cultural education · Menen · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of BY COBRA · Repair and maintenance of furniture and upholstery · Izegem · since 2020
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 2025
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 2014
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Blankenberge · since 2023
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Computer programming · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2024
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Aquacultuur in zoet water · since 2020
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Joinery installation · Waasmunster · since 1994
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2020
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Real estate agency activities · since 2020
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Jabbeke · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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since 1998
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1988
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since 1989
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2020
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of Verwarmingsdiscount COOLS · Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · Brugge · since 1976
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Durbuy · since 2009
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Plumbing work · Etterbeek · since 1987
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Mixed farming · Gistel · since 1991
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · Namur · since 2005
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Wevelgem · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Coopération Locale · Limbourg · since 2024
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Mortsel · since 2019