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.
“JORAH”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Kortenberg · since 2016
-
Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brugge · since 1988
-
Name of an establishment of JORAN CIDRES · Cafés and bars · Schaarbeek · since 2018
-
Sports and recreation education · since 2021
-
Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2005
-
Joinery installation · Saint-Nicolas · since 2025
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Martigny · since 1990
-
Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Nijlen · since 1991
-
Activities of holding companies · Sint-Niklaas · since 2018
-
Development of residential building projects · Tongeren · since 2021
-
Business and other management consultancy · Aalter · since 2025
-
Photography, excluding press photography · since 2010
-
Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2018
-
Other specialised construction activities · Wemmel · since 2021
-
Office administrative and support services · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2008
-
Full-service restaurants · Dendermonde · since 2024
-
General cleaning of buildings · Menen · since 2024
-
Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Lier · since 2025
-
Other business support services · Leuven · since 2014
-
Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2016
-
Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Aalter · since 2018
-
Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Aalter · since 2018
-
Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Aalter · since 2018
-
Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Roeselare · since 2016
-
Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2012
-
Hairdressing and barber services · since 2007
-
Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026