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.
“JAWICO”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Pijnacker · since 1976
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Development of residential building projects · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2002
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Computer programming · Merchtem · since 1997
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1988
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Lennik · since 1988
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Wanze · since 1991
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Antwerpen · since 1995
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Aartselaar · since 1999
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Mol · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Beringen · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Maasmechelen · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Kruisem · since 2017
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Other business support services · Alken · since 2020
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Wingene · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Charleroi · since 2009
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Veterinary services · Lubbeek · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ganshoren · since 2013
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Vermogensbeheer · Mechelen · since 2008
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Kippenkwekerijen · Maaseik · since 2004
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Abbreviation of KATHOLIEK SECUNDAIR ONDERWIJS SINT-WILLIBRORD · Vrij gesubsidieerd gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs · Pelt · since 1991
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Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1993
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Oud-Turnhout · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2002
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Name of an establishment · Machining of metals · Kuurne · since 2018
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Land surveying · Balen · since 2024
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