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.
“GOSTI”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Performing arts by independent artists · Oostende · since 2018
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Neupré · since 1976
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Knokke-Heist · since 1985
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Brussel · since 1992
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Activities of holding companies · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 1995
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · La Louvière · since 2021
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Abbreviation of COSTI CONSTRUCT · Other specialised construction activities · Linter · since 2009
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Advertising agencies · Vorst · since 2011
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2025
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Nursing and midwifery · Roeselare · since 2025
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Destelbergen · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2026
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · Kontich · since 2017
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Production of cinema films · Vorst · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of ACTIVE MINDS · Activities of holding companies · Zonnebeke · since 2007
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Landscape service activities · Ranst · since 1990
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Wetteren · since 1995
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Vorst · since 1991
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Abbreviation of SECUREX ONDERNEMINGSLOKET - SECUREX GUICHET D'ENTREPRISES · Business and other management consultancy · Etterbeek · since 2003
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Other construction installation · Ans · since 2015
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Detailhandel in wand- en vloertegels · Charleroi · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Waterloo · since 2011
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Joinery installation · Vosselaar · since 2024
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Gent · since 2018
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2018
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since 2021