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“JOY”

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Same or very similar names

25 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • JOY same name
    Performing arts by independent artists · Knokke-Heist · since 1996
  • Sole trader same name
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2020
  • Sole trader same name
    Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 2017
  • Sole trader same name
    Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · since 1977
  • Sole trader same name
    Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
  • JOY same name
    since 2011
  • Sole trader same name
    Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2011
  • Sole trader same name
    Sports and recreation education · since 2024
  • Sole trader same name
    Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2004
  • JOY same name
    Mons · since 2024
  • J-Oy.BV same name
    Abbreviation of Janssens-Oyen.BV · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Leopoldsburg · since 2025
  • JOY same name
    Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Koekelberg · since 2025
  • Joy same name
    Abbreviation of House of Joy · Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Kampenhout · since 2026
  • JOY same namein bankruptcy or liquidation
    Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1989
  • JOY same namein bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of JOYFASHIONMOOD · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Liège · since 2015
  • Joy same namein bankruptcy or liquidation
    Mechelen · since 2012
  • JOY-B very similar
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Harelbeke · since 2023
  • Sole trader very similar
    Nursing and midwifery · since 2025
  • JOY-CO very similar
    Abbreviation of JOY-COmpany · Office administrative and support services · Gavere · since 2022
  • Sole trader very similar
    Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2011
  • Sole trader very similar
    News agency activities · since 2015
  • Sole trader very similar
    Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1990
  • J&JOY very similar
    Name of an establishment of UGK · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Waremme · since 2015
  • Sole trader very similar
    Manufacture of jewellery · since 2025
  • JOY & CO very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Harelbeke · since 2018
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • JOYS similar
    Other building finishing work · Mechelen · since 1979
  • JOYT similar
    Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1986
  • JOYE similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Erpe-Mere · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 1998
  • JOYN similar
    Computer programming · Hasselt · since 2012
  • JOYCE similar
    Name of an establishment of NOSTEX · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1989
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 1994
  • Sole trader similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1999
  • Sole trader similar
    General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1986
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
  • JOYSA similar
    Raising of other animals · Maldegem · since 2009
  • JOYCE similar
    Retail sale of women's outerwear · Plombières · since 2023
  • JO similar
    Abbreviation of De gemeentelijke jeugdraad Oosterzele · Oosterzele · since 1999
  • Sole trader similar
    Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Advertising agencies · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2009
  • Sole trader similar
    Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2005
  • JO similar
    Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Gent · since 2007
  • JOYE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Freight transport by road · Heuvelland · since 1978
  • JoYa similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Concept Hair & Beauty · Hairdressing and barber services · Brussel · since 2015
  • JOYCO similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Wellen · since 2011

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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