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.
“JOANE”
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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Leuven · since 2024
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Vermogensbeheer · Mechelen · since 2015
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Development of non-residential building projects · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2014
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Lievegem · since 2022
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Essen · since 2023
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Activities of head offices · Laarne · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Balen · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Zandhoven · since 2019
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · 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 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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Bricklaying and masonry work · Modave · since 1997
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Vermogensbeheer · Hamont-Achel · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of MOYACONNECT · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Lokeren · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of JOANDI GESCHENKEN BVBA · Retail sale of other household articles · Berlare · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Kalmthout · since 2007
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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
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2017
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Lier · since 2013
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since 1973
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Name of an establishment of JOAN MANAGEMENT, CONSULTING EN INVESTMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Zuienkerke · since 2007
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Fortuna bis · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Antwerpen · since 2023