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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“JOYT”

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • JOYT same name
    Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1986
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • JOY similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · Knokke-Heist · since 1996
  • Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2020
  • Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 2017
  • Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · since 1977
  • Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
  • JOY similar
    since 2011
  • Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2011
  • Sports and recreation education · since 2024
  • Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2004
  • JOY similar
    Mons · since 2024
  • J-Oy.BV similar
    Abbreviation of Janssens-Oyen.BV · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Leopoldsburg · since 2025
  • JOY similar
    Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Koekelberg · since 2025
  • Joy similar
    Abbreviation of House of Joy · Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Kampenhout · since 2026
  • Joytand similar
    Dental practice · Genk · since 2023
  • JOYS similar
    Other building finishing work · Mechelen · since 1979
  • JOYE similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Erpe-Mere · since 2018
  • Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 1998
  • JOYN similar
    Computer programming · Hasselt · since 2012
  • JOY-B similar
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Harelbeke · since 2023
  • Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2026
  • JOY similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1989
  • JOY similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of JOYFASHIONMOOD · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Liège · since 2015
  • Joy similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Mechelen · since 2012
  • 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

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