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.
“James”
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
50 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Grimbergen · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of BLOOM · Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Nieuwpoort · since 2003
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Vermogensbeheer · Lendelede · since 2019
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Elsene · since 2020
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met zakelijke dienstverlening, n.e.g. · Knokke-Heist · since 2021
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Activiteiten van shiatsu, thai massage , watsu, tuina qigong · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2010
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Advertising agencies · Kuurne · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 1973
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Full-service restaurants · since 1981
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2006
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Z 3 JAMES · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Brugge · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of VERMON · Full-service restaurants · Schaarbeek · since 1987
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Activities of holding companies · Nijlen · since 2010
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Real estate agency activities · Zaventem · since 2016
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Development of residential building projects · since 2003
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Elsene · since 1977
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General medical practice · Etterbeek · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · Haaltert · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · since 1995
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Advertising agencies · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of JONATHAN AMARA · Business and other management consultancy · Herstal · since 2023
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Evere · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Oudsbergen · since 2004
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Landscape service activities · since 2024
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Sint-Niklaas · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Fitness centres · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1985
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2014
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Trade name of The James · Other personal services · Etterbeek · since 2014
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Lasne · since 2015
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since 2022
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Translation services · since 2018
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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Detailhandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Retie · since 2022
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Stavelot · since 2009
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since 1979
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since 1990
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of HOST SUPPORT · Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Gent · since 2024
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2025
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Wetteren · since 2019
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Advertising agencies · since 2023
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Abbreviation of De Jamies vzw · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Oostende · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of JESS AND JAMES · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Waregem · since 1987
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Halle · since 2017
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Other sports activities · since 2021
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Lochristi · since 2021
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Activities of building architects · Aalst · since 2023
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Zaventem · since 2021
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Other business support services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2010
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Nursing and midwifery · Ans · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of De Kok Immo · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Meerhout · since 1999
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Brecht · since 1999
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Other personal services · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2000
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Abbreviation of JA'ME'LO RENAISSANCE · Schaarbeek · since 2021