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.
“JAFA”
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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Groothandel in andere akkerbouwproducten · Seneffe · since 1990
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Other personal services · Gent · since 2013
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Ieper · since 2024
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Evergem · since 2024
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Vervaardiging van aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · Waregem · since 2018
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Translation services · Gent · since 2021
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Operation of sports facilities · Elsene · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Mons · since 2026
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Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher · since 1970
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since 2000
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Abbreviation of Jacques a faim · Event catering · Namur · since 2018
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Activities of bailiffs · Brugge · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Etterbeek · since 2011
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Reparatie en onderhoud van schoeisel en lederwaren · Brussel · since 2005
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Dental practice · Gent · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Esneux · since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
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Anzegem · since 1993
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Development of residential building projects · De Panne · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Theux · since 2008
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 1990
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2017
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · since 2025
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since 2019