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.
“JOA”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van andere meubelen, n.e.g. · Elsene · since 2002
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Insurance agents and brokers · Namur · since 2011
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Lummen · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · since 2018
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Office administrative and support services · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Waregem · since 2022
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Harelbeke · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2022
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Sports and recreation education · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Pelt · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2023
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Stavelot · since 2009
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Activities of head offices · Hove · since 2011
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Deinze · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Waasmunster · since 2024
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Zele · since 2025
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Development of non-residential building projects · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2014
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Gent · since 2016
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Joinery installation · Overijse · since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Lievegem · since 2022
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Interior design · Malle · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Essen · since 2023
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Activities of building architects · Wavre · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2023
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Leuven · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Laarne · since 2026
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Abbreviation of De gemeentelijke jeugdraad Oosterzele · Oosterzele · since 1999
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2021
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Advertising agencies · since 2022
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2009
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2005
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Gent · since 2007
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Fortuna bis · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Antwerpen · since 2023