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.
“JOEL”
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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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 2020
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2021
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since 1986
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of JOËL VHB · Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Pont-à-Celles · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of ABARIS HOLDINGS LIMITED · Weven van textiel · Hertfordshire · since 1994
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2016
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Mechelen · since 2020
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2023
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Verwerking en conservering van vis en van schaal- en weekdieren · Ichtegem · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Oudenaarde · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Aalst · since 1992
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Opwijk · since 2013
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Verhuur en lease van textiel, kleding, sieraden en schoeisel · Lanaken · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
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Abbreviation of JUNGLE OF ENERGY CONSULTING · General electrical installation work · Zonhoven · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2005
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Zwevegem · since 2005
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2014
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · since 1980
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Activities of head offices · Leuven · since 2025
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Freight transport by road · since 2026
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Dilbeek · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Rixensart · since 2024