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.
“JOOS DECOCK”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Brugge · since 2007
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Zwevegem · since 1978
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Teelt van andere meerjarige gewassen · since 2009
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Plumbing work · Wingene · since 1996
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Maldegem · since 1998
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2026
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Specialist medical practice · since 2012
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Joinery installation · Anzegem · since 2008
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Other printing · Kasterlee · since 2000
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Gingelom · since 2016
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Beerse · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Wetteren · since 2025
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other business support services · since 2021
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Advokatenkantoor JOOSD · Activities of lawyers · Schaarbeek · since 2021
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Psychology services · since 2022
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Landscape service activities · Aartselaar · since 2019
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1977
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1981
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Niklaas · since 1999
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2002
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Zoutleeuw · since 2002
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Landscape service activities · since 2014
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Teelt van andere boomvruchten, kleinfruit en noten · Oudenaarde · since 2015
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Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · since 1994
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Psychology services · since 2010
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Raising of dairy cattle · Sint-Laureins · since 2011
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2003
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Mixed farming · Kontich · since 2025