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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“JOAN”

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.

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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

11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · since 2018
  • JOAN same name
    Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2022
  • JOAN same name
    Vermogensbeheer · Pelt · since 2023
  • Performing arts by independent artists · since 2023
  • Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2020
  • JOAN same name
    Full-service restaurants · Deinze · since 2024
  • JoAn same name
    Activities of holding companies · Waasmunster · since 2024
  • JOAN same name
    Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Zele · since 2025
  • JO-AN same namein bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of Fortuna bis · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Antwerpen · since 2023
  • Joan MCI very similar
    Name of an establishment of JOAN MANAGEMENT, CONSULTING EN INVESTMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Zuienkerke · since 2007
  • Joan Stam very similar
    Interior design · Tremelo · since 2024
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • JOANN similar
    Development of non-residential building projects · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2014
  • JOANS similar
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Lievegem · since 2022
  • JO-ANT similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Essen · since 2023
  • JOANE similar
    Leuven · since 2024
  • Joana similar
    Activities of head offices · Laarne · since 2026
  • JOANTI similar
    Bricklaying and masonry work · Modave · since 1997
  • Jo-a similar
    Vervaardiging van andere meubelen, n.e.g. · Elsene · since 2002
  • JoAnGo similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Hamont-Achel · since 2013
  • Joanne similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Mechelen · since 2015
  • JOA similar
    Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2020
  • JOANJO similar
    Name of an establishment of MOYACONNECT · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Lokeren · since 2008
  • JOANDI similar
    Name of an establishment of JOANDI GESCHENKEN BVBA · Retail sale of other household articles · Berlare · since 2009
  • JOANNA similar
    Full-service restaurants · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2010
  • JOA similar
    Insurance agents and brokers · Namur · since 2011
  • JOANNA similar
    Full-service restaurants · Kalmthout · since 2007
  • JO AND CO similar
    Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Antwerpen · since 1997
  • Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2017
  • Joanbri similar
    Lier · since 2013
  • since 1973
  • JOAL similar
    Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2001
  • JOAL similar
    Activities of holding companies · Lummen · since 2013
  • J.O.A.T. similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2017
  • Office administrative and support services · since 2021
  • JOAM similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Waregem · since 2022
  • JO-AX similar
    Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Harelbeke · since 2022
  • Sports and recreation education · since 2022
  • JOAX similar
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Stavelot · since 2009
  • JOAL similar
    Activities of head offices · Hove · since 2011
  • JOANNESK similar
    Dilbeek · since 2020
  • JOANSONS similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Leuven · since 2020
  • JOANDICA similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Rebecq · since 2023
  • Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg · since 2026
  • JOANNES C similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    since 2022

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