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.
“Janbo”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Edegem · since 1979
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Activities of head offices · Brugge · since 2025
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Brussel · since 2026
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Insurance agents and brokers · since 2007
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Painting of buildings · Halen · since 1992
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Activities of holding companies · Veurne · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Wevelgem · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Waregem · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of JAN'S BOOMGAARD · Activities of holding companies · Maarkedal · since 2008
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Abbreviation of JAN PLUS · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2005
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2007
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Plastering work · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of BORLUUT · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2000
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Activities of lawyers · Tervuren · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostkamp · since 2019
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Physiotherapy · since 1972
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Business and other management consultancy · Hove · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · Turnhout · since 2004
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Zaandam · since 1998
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Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · Kraainem · since 2021