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.
“JOULE”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of InkIT · Vervaardiging van consumentenelektronica · Gent · since 2016
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Retail sale of bicycles · Gent · since 2018
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DA ROTTERDAM · since 2013
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Liège · since 2022
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Dover · since 2018
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Manufacture of beer · since 2022
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Gent · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Brasschaat · since 2000
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Bouw van andere civieltechnische werken, n.e.g. · since 2001
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van bakstenen · Waremme · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2020
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Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Oudenaarde · since 2026
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2026