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.
“JOSAN”
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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Insurance agents and brokers · Oostende · since 1983
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Balen · since 1997
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Cafés and bars · Ternat · since 2003
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Hotels and similar accommodation · since 2019
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Zoersel · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Balen · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2021
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Office administrative and support services · Wijnegem · since 2008
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Antwerpen · since 1994
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Landscape service activities · Rijkevorsel · since 2002
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2021
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Kampenhout · since 2013
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Result-Communication JOSA · Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Liedekerke · since 2010
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2005
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Abbreviation of JOSA DELIVERY · Vervaardiging van machines en apparaten voor klimaatregeling, voor niet-huishoudelijk gebruik · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2006
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Other technical testing and analysis · Mol · since 2025
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Fléron · since 1992
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Plastering work · Destelbergen · since 2013
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Vermogensbeheer · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2016
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Computer programming · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2011
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Abbreviation of JONGE ONDERNEMENDE STUDENTEN · Gistel · since 2003
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Abbreviation of JAARMARKTORGANISATIE STEENHUFFEL · Other amusement and recreation activities · Londerzeel · since 2015
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Liège · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Kalmthout · since 2013
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2021
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kapellen · since 2009
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Joinery installation · Gent · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of HALF VIER · Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2006
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · Aalst · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1989
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Real estate agency activities · Ukkel · since 1992
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Oostkamp · since 1998
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Oudergem · since 2016
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Other building finishing work · since 2023
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Herk-de-Stad · since 2009
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2011
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Oudsbergen · since 2008
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Jeugdwerk Ondersteunen in Sint-Niklaas · Sint-Niklaas · since 2015