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Is your company name still free?

Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“JACTOR”

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.

Same or very similar names

6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • JACTOR same name
    Activities of holding companies · Elsene · since 2007
  • ACTOR very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brussel · since 1997
  • FACTOR very similar
    Computer programming · Boechout · since 1993
  • FACTOR very similar
    Certified accountants and tax accountants · Menen · since 2015
  • Sole trader very similar
    Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1998
  • Factor + very similar
    Abbreviation of Factor Plus · Business and other management consultancy · Zemst · since 2010
Names that resemble it 2 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1997

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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