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Is your company name already in the register?

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“JOUSTEN”

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

19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • JOUSTEN same name
    Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Sankt Vith · since 1987
  • Sole trader very similar
    Computer programming · since 2025
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 2015
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 1987
  • Sole trader very similar
    Vervaardiging van parfums en toiletartikelen · since 2024
  • Sole trader very similar
    Bemiddelingsactiviteiten voor de gespecialiseerde detailhandel · since 2026
  • Sole trader very similar
    Mixed farming · since 1971
  • Josten very similar
    Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Malle · since 2004
  • Sole trader very similar
    Activities of lawyers · since 2025
  • Sole trader very similar
    Roofing work · since 2014
  • JOUSTEN-KRINGS very similar
    Activities of building architects · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2023
  • E.T.E. Jousten very similar
    Name of an establishment of E.T.E. JOUSTEN KG · Activities of head offices · Bütgenbach · since 2019
  • JOOSTEN very similar
    Construction of roads and motorways · Malle · since 2007
  • Sole trader very similar
    Reproductie van opgenomen media · since 2015
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2019
  • C&D JOUSTEN very similar
    Activities of head offices · Sankt Vith · since 2019
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 2020
  • Dr. Iris Jousten very similar
    Specialist medical practice · Rixensart · since 2017
  • Activities of head offices · Sankt Vith · since 2019
Names that resemble it 1 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • JOUST-HOF similar
    Mixed farming · Amel · since 2017

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