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.
“JOALEX”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2011
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Waregem · since 2011
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2024
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Other education · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Esneux · since 2016
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van hydraulische en pneumatische apparatuur · Neupré · since 2018
Names that resemble it 25 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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Office administrative and support services · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Stabroek · since 2021
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Activities of head offices · Hove · since 2011
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Sports and recreation education · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2012
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Heuvelland · since 2025
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Elsene · since 1986
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Mechelen · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of A.D.W. · Full-service restaurants · Waasmunster · since 2002
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Wholesale of other household goods · since 2013
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Joinery installation · Raeren · since 2014
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Activities of lawyers · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2016
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · since 1974
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Landscape service activities · since 2019
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Name of an establishment · Vermogensbeheer · Elsene · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · since 2019
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Other business support services · Dentergem · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · Tervuren · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of ALEXANDER DE BECKER · Other business support services · Lievegem · since 2009
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Antoing · since 2007
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Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of PROWOSOL · Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Gent · since 2012