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.
“JOFINA”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Bertem · since 2007
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Activities of head offices · Lommel · since 2022
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Insurance agents and brokers · Torhout · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 1956
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Asse · since 1973
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Insurance agents and brokers · Menen · since 1977
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Abbreviation of CONSTRUCTION, FINITION ET AMENAGEMENT · Schaarbeek · since 1992
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Vorst · since 2009
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Ledegem · since 2024
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Mechelen · since 1992
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Diksmuide · since 2009
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Liedekerke · since 1993
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Knokke-Heist · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Retie · since 2010
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Joinery installation · Wichelen · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Zwevegem · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 2024
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Antwerpen · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Zedelgem · since 2017
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Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of Vuylsteke · Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Jabbeke · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of DIRK VAN DEN BOSSCHE · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1999
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1988
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · since 1977
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Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · since 1977
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1995