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.
“JOTO”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oostende · since 1994
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Vermogensbeheer · Essen · since 2019
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Other building finishing work · Mechelen · since 2022
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Name of an establishment · Vermogensbeheer · Aalst · since 2023
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vermogensbeheer · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2021
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Wichelen · since 2023
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BORNA · since 2000
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Abbreviation of JONG OOSTAKKERS TONEEL · Gent · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Zele · since 2016
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Roofing work · since 2020
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Joinery installation · Schoten · since 2021
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Hulshout · since 2023
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2009
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2007
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Niklaas · since 2003
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Vermogensbeheer · Dilbeek · since 2017
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Development of residential building projects · Mechelen · since 2017
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Zaventem · since 2018
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Putte · since 2022
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Other business support services · Menen · since 2022
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2022
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Other building finishing work · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Edegem · since 2026
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LUXEMBOURG · since 2013
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1991
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of JOTT BELGIUM · Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Brussel · since 2017