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.
“Firma Cools”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Koksijde · since 1973
-
Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Bonheiden · since 1987
-
Name of an establishment of VLAAMSE IMMOBILIENMAATSCHAPPIJ · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Vilvoorde · since 1986
-
Cafés and bars · Kuurne · since 2023
-
Graphic design and visual communication · since 2011
-
Wholesale of other household goods · Gent · since 1985
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2023
-
Floor and wall tiling · since 2025
-
Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Antwerpen · since 2024
-
Gent · since 1984
-
Wholesale of timber · Waregem · since 1940
-
Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2013
-
Landscape service activities · since 1992
-
Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 1988
-
Other photographic activities · Gent · since 2015
-
Activities of building architects · Vorst · since 2022
-
Sports and recreation education · since 2026