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.
“JANEX”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Lausanne · since 1993
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Verhuur en lease van machines, apparatuur en handgereedschap voor doe-het-zelvers · Edegem · since 1998
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Activities of interior architects · Koksijde · since 1983
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Pajottegem · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of JANE'S ADDICTION · Cafés and bars · Elsene · since 2016
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Tournai · since 2017
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Izegem · since 2022
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Plastering work · Kraainem · since 2009
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Activities of head offices · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2010
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Other building finishing work · Heusden-Zolder · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Lanaken · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of notaries · Liège · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Other business support services · since 2023
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Translation services · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Brugge · since 2024
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Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · Brasschaat · since 2013
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2014
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Joinery installation · Zaventem · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2012
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Halen · since 2023
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Brasschaat · since 2024
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Vermogensbeheer · Wevelgem · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Waregem · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of JAN'S BOOMGAARD · Activities of holding companies · Maarkedal · since 2008
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Abbreviation of JAN PLUS · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2005
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2007
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Plastering work · since 2008
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Beheer van financiële markten · Kortrijk · since 1986
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Waasmunster · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of PHEITOS · Public relations and communication consultancy · Gistel · since 2023
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Reparatie en onderhoud van huishoudapparaten en van werktuigen voor gebruik in huis en tuin · since 2024
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2025
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Other business support services · since 2026