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.
“JAPO”
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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Full-service restaurants · Dinant · since 1990
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Support activities for crop production · Zottegem · since 2022
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · since 2018
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Inland freight water transport · Beerse · since 1989
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of THAICO · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Lochristi · since 2020
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Activities of head offices · since 2022
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Activities of head offices · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Waterloo · since 2011
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · since 2017
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1982
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Waterloo · since 2015
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Horebeke · since 2016
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Hasselt · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Arendonk · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2022
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Other business support services · Ukkel · since 2025
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Other education · Leuven · since 1968
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · Beringen · since 1993
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Anderlecht · since 1979
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Braine-l'Alleud · since 1990