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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“JOSAIM”

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.

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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.

  • JOSAIM same name
    Fléron · since 1992
  • JOS-AIR B.V. very similar
    Amsterdam · since 2021
  • JosaIT very similar
    Computer programming · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2022
  • JOSIM very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2004
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • JOSA similar
    Abbreviation of Result-Communication JOSA · Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1999
  • JOSA similar
    Full-service restaurants · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2021
  • JOSA similar
    Activities of holding companies · Liedekerke · since 2010
  • Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2005
  • JOSA similar
    Abbreviation of JOSA DELIVERY · Vervaardiging van machines en apparaten voor klimaatregeling, voor niet-huishoudelijk gebruik · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2006
  • JOSAN similar
    Insurance agents and brokers · Oostende · since 1983
  • JOSAN similar
    Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Balen · since 1997
  • JOSAL similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2021
  • JOSAR similar
    Office administrative and support services · Wijnegem · since 2008
  • J O S A N similar
    Cafés and bars · Ternat · since 2003
  • Josart similar
    Plastering work · Destelbergen · since 2013
  • Josane similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Balen · since 2019
  • JOSAMI similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2016
  • JOSARO similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2011
  • JOSAN similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Hotels and similar accommodation · since 2019
  • SAIM similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Diksmuide · since 2022

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