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.
“JEF”
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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Abbreviation of JEUNES EUROPEENS FEDERALISTES - YOUNG EUROPEAN FEDERALISTS · Youth work associations · Brussel · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Jeunes, Emploi, Formation · Liège · since 1988
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Activiteiten op het gebied van de distributie van films en video’s · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Tremelo · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Josefien en Fabio · Performing arts by independent artists · Asse · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Janita Evers Foundation · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2007
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Floor and wall tiling · Zonhoven · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Journées Endovasculaires Francophones · Raeren · since 2025
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Buggenhout · since 1973
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Knokke-Heist · since 2019
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Activities of notaries · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Other business support services · since 2020
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Rijkevorsel · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · Zonnebeke · since 2015
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Namur · since 1985
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Other tax advisory services · Berlaar · since 1991
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Support activities for crop production · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Duffel · since 2015
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brussel · since 2022
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Landscape service activities · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1979
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · since 2005
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van muziekinstrumenten · since 2025
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Real estate agency activities · Tielt · since 1970
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Abbreviation of Job Emancipation Formation Apprentissages et Réinsertion · Vocational training · Liège · since 1985
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Support activities for crop production · Lievegem · since 1993
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Activities of head offices · Brugge · since 1997
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Roofing work · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1999
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General construction of residential buildings · Péruwelz · since 2000
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Brugge · since 2003
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Other business support services · Halle · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2008
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Combined facilities support activities · Herenthout · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2025
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Londerzeel · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Jeunesse&Espoir · Evere · since 2017
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Ravels · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Vorst · since 2025
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Brugge · since 2011