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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“CovaCtrl”

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • CovaCtrl same name
    Computer programming · Gent · since 2026
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Covac similar
    Abbreviation of Covacaju · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Waterloo · since 2023
  • COVACO similar
    Insurance agents and brokers · Zandhoven · since 1986
  • COVACE similar
    Computer programming · Dalhem · since 2007
  • COVA similar
    Name of an establishment of COVAS · Buying and selling of own real estate · Zottegem · since 2003
  • Other information service activities · since 2016
  • COVA similar
    Distributie van elektriciteit · Riemst · since 2012
  • CTRL+ similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Begijnendijk · since 2006
  • CoVa similar
    Translation services · Hasselt · since 2024
  • CTRL similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Zwevegem · since 2025
  • COVAC similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Ukkel · since 1986

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