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.
“Cortes”
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
28 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Merchtem · since 1990
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Schilde · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Zonhoven · since 2021
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2018
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Ukkel · since 1986
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Lille · since 1990
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Computer programming · Lochristi · since 1994
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Coopérative d'impression textile · Finishing of textiles · Liège · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Manage · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Dalhem · since 2004
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Combined facilities support activities · Aalter · since 2025
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since 1997
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2017
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since 2022
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Gent · since 1976
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since 2022
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · Destelbergen · since 2020
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Office administrative and support services · Aartselaar · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Fernelmont · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Costes België · Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Ternat · since 2014
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Name of an establishment · Vermogensbeheer · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2017
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Other cleaning activities · since 2019
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Name of an establishment · Development of residential building projects · Gent · since 2022
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Pajottegem · since 2025
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1996
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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since 1991
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Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 2008
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Machining of metals · Tielt · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Activiteiten van dagcentra voor minderjarigen met een mentale handicap, met inbegrip van ambulante hulpverlening · Mons · since 1976
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1991
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2019
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Advertising agencies · Oudenaarde · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Corti Collectif · Brussel · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2026
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since 2008
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Site preparation · since 2000
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Retail sale of bicycles · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Charleroi · since 2013
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2019
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 2023
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Abbreviation of concertation des organisations representatives de l economie sociale · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2007
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1988
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1987
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Oudenaarde · since 2025