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.
“Jan Jacobs”
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
45 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Wuustwezel · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1972
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General construction of residential buildings · Tielt-Winge · since 1983
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Sankt Vith · since 1987
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Olen · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of JACOBS INVEST · Freight transport by road · Geel · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of RIJWIELEN HUGO JACOBS · Retail sale of bicycles · Begijnendijk · since 1991
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Real estate agency activities · Zandhoven · since 1992
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · Middelkerke · since 1992
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Plumbing work · Keerbergen · since 1996
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Raising of dairy cattle · Hoogstraten · since 1997
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Other maintenance and repair of motor vehicles · Putte · since 1998
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Niklaas · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Aartselaar · since 2000
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Inland freight water transport · since 1994
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since 1994
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2021
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Insurance agents and brokers · Gent · since 2016
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Nijlen · since 2018
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Joinery installation · since 2021
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Raising of dairy cattle · Essen · since 2010
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Mixed farming · Halen · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van stortklare beton · since 1987
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Physiotherapy · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of JACOBS BEVEILIGING · General electrical installation work · Malle · since 2008
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2025
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Other human health activities · since 2025
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Painting of buildings · Antwerpen · since 2020
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since 2015
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Gavere · since 2016
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2017
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since 2010
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Brugge · since 2011
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2015
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Activities of lawyers · Schaarbeek · since 2009
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Hasselt · since 2002
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Plumbing work · Putte · since 1998
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Support activities for crop production · since 2016
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Computer programming · since 1993
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Mixed farming · since 1991
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · since 1998
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Tourist information services · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van vlakglas · since 2003
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Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Willebroek · since 1983
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2005
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Antwerpen · since 1983
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Activities of interior architects · since 2012
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Support activities for crop production · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Wommelgem · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of BOUWWERKEN JACOBS INDUSTRIEBOUW I3 · General construction of residential buildings · Oudsbergen · since 1976
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since 2017
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Computer programming · Laarne · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Oudsbergen · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Niklaas · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 2022
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since 1998
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General cleaning of buildings · Bredene · since 2006
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Other social work without accommodation · since 2022
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Funeral services · Gent · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Genk · since 2025
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Plumbing work · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2025
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Demolition · Wingene · since 2001
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Landscape service activities · Londerzeel · since 2023