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.
“Janko”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Verstrekken van hypothecair krediet · Deinze · since 2016
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Activities of head offices · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2018
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Physiotherapy · Saint-Ghislain · since 2022
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Balen · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Janka Pâtisserie · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Honnelles · since 2024
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Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · Brasschaat · since 2013
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2023
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1998
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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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Literary creation · since 2023
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2016
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Joinery installation · Lochristi · since 2009
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Plastering work · since 2004
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Lille · since 1992
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1999
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2017
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Joinery installation · Houthulst · since 2017
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Name of an establishment · Vermogensbeheer · Gent · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Vosselaar · since 2011
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Maaseik · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Lommel · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2025