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.
“JONING”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Wuustwezel · since 2012
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Grez-Doiceau · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · Herent · since 2008
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Nursing and midwifery · Aalst · since 2004
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of JEUGDWELZIJNSWERK ONDERSTEUNINGSNETWERK GENT · Youth work associations · Gent · since 2002
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 1985
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Cafés and bars · since 2019
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zelzate · since 2022
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Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Bekkevoort · since 2009
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Abbreviation of JONG opent nieuwe grenzen · Denderleeuw · since 2004
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Nursing and midwifery · Seraing · since 2026
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Blankenberge · since 2014
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2002
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Development of residential building projects · Schilde · since 2018
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General cleaning of buildings · Oudenaarde · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Charleroi · since 1998
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Turnhout · since 2001
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Sint-Truiden · since 2001
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Hardenberg · since 2014
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Dilbeek · since 2015
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Cafés and bars · Koekelberg · since 2015
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Waregem · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Deinze · since 2006
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Ninove · since 1993
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Wholesale of timber · Oostende · since 2007