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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.

“JOSIAN”

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

11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • JOSIAN same name
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1994
  • JOSAN very similar
    Insurance agents and brokers · Oostende · since 1983
  • JOSAN very similar
    Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Balen · since 1997
  • J O S A N very similar
    Cafés and bars · Ternat · since 2003
  • JOSIN (sole trader) very similar
    Plastering work · since 2006
  • Jovian very similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Sofia · since 1982
  • JOSSAN very similar
    Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Zoersel · since 1995
  • JOSTAN very similar
    Landscape service activities · Rijkevorsel · since 2002
  • Girard, Josian (sole trader) very similar
    Inland freight water transport · since 2018
  • JOSAN very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Hotels and similar accommodation · since 2019
  • JOMIAN very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Cafés and bars · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2017
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

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