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.
“JAFEMA”
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.
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Gent · since 2020
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Brussel · since 2000
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Geel · since 1989
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Land surveying · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2014
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Activities of head offices · Aalter · since 2025
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Buggenhout · since 2017
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Joinery installation · Wanze · since 2025
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2026
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1940
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Abbreviation of Koninklijke Belgische Federatie van Handelaren in Bouwmaterialen - Fédération royale belge des Négociants en Matériaux de Construction · Asse · since 1940
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 1992
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Roofing work · Bocholt · since 1993
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Ath · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Federation of European Motorcyclists' Associations · Brussel · since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2017
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Manufacture of other wood products · since 1990