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.
“JOSIE”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Roosdaal · since 1988
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Jabbeke · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Waregem · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2004
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Plastering work · since 2006
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Vermogensbeheer · Waregem · since 2019
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Herve · since 2008
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General construction of residential buildings · Aalter · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van gebreide en gehaakte kleding · since 2019
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Other business support services · Vilvoorde · since 2021
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Seneffe · since 2000
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brecht · since 2007
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1989
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Antwerpen · since 1994
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Reparatie en onderhoud van schoeisel en lederwaren · Ieper · since 2013
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Landscape service activities · Boechout · since 2023
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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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Antwerpen · since 1965
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Boechout · since 1987
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2000
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Gent · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Jeugdwerk Ondersteunen in Sint-Niklaas · Sint-Niklaas · since 2015