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.
“Cornix”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Charleroi · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of MAKO · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Antwerpen · since 1983
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Ronse · since 1996
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets)
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Visual arts creation · since 2011
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Specialist medical practice · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Uitgeven van kranten · Stoumont · since 1996
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Advertising agencies · since 2023
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Lummen · since 2020
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ukkel · since 2018
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since 2019
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since 2021
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Veurne · since 1982
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Cafés and bars · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2021
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Joinery installation · Damme · since 2009
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Abbreviation of CORNE ROLLUIKEN · Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Avelgem · since 1979
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Name of an establishment of Société CORNU · Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Libin · since 2019
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Raising of other animals · since 2025
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Other business support services · Oostkamp · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 2026
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2019
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Floor and wall tiling · Izegem · since 1983
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Plumbing work · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of DRIES VAN BEVEREN · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lochristi · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of SPORT LINE · Retail sale of other sporting goods · Roeselare · since 1986
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Painting of buildings · Quévy · since 1988
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Cafés and bars · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Ingelmunster · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Bornem · since 2021
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Schilde · since 2022
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Kasterlee · since 2008
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Nivelles · since 2011
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Event catering · Ieper · since 2012
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Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · Olen · since 2005
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of LUSYA · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ukkel · since 2024
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Plastering work · since 2025
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2026
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Temse · since 1999
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La Louvière · since 2000