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.
“Cortys”
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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Business and other management consultancy · Fernelmont · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Poperinge · since 2009
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Employment placement agencies · Harelbeke · since 1979
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Merchtem · since 1990
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Activities of head offices · Lommel · since 2024
Names that resemble it 27 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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Landscape service activities · 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 2013
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Real estate agency activities · since 2009
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since 2006
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Ukkel · since 1986
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1988
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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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Other non-specialised retail sale · Ferrières · since 2016
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Advertising agencies · since 2021
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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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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Oudenaarde · since 2025
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Combined facilities support activities · Aalter · since 2025
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2026