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.
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Joods Cultureel Foyer · Antwerpen · since 1982
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Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2015
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Abbreviation of JC FootGolf · Other educational support services · Genk · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 2006
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of JU-JUTSU CLUB FORRIERES · Libin · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Ju-Jutsu Club Famenne · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2014
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2011
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Other financial services · Oudergem · since 2016
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Abbreviation of JOYE COMPANY · General construction of residential buildings · De Haan · since 1975
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Mouscron · since 1987
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Abbreviation of LE JARDIN DE CAROLINE · Schaarbeek · since 1989
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Abbreviation of JANSSEN - CLAES · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Hasselt · since 1990
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Knokke-Heist · since 1995
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Abbreviation of JOSIMA CONSULT · Business and other management consultancy · Zonhoven · since 2000
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Abbreviation of JESPERS CONSULTING · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Rotselaar · since 2001
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services
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Activities of building architects · since 2013
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Jazz Collective · Gent · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Jong Centraal · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Leuven · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Jool Create · Business and other management consultancy · La Hulpe · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2020
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Plumbing work · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · Hasselt · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Junior Consulting · Other research and development on natural sciences · Diepenbeek · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of INTERIEUR MAATWERK JACOBS · Joinery installation · Lommel · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Maaseik · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Inclunat · Charleroi · since 2025
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since 1989