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.
“Jetje”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of Partena — Sociale Verzekeringen voor Zelfstandigen · Overige instellingen van de sociale zekerheid · Brussel · since 1967
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Name of an establishment of PARTENA - COMMUNAUTE PERMANENTE D'INTERETS · Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2013
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2004
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Jeunesse&Espoir · Evere · since 2017
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Ravels · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Vorst · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Liège · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of COGAR · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Ecaussinnes · since 1988
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Gent · since 1988
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Abbreviation of JOGGING ENTITE TUBIZIENNE · Tubize · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of TRIOMPHE · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Wavre · since 2001
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Abbreviation of JENNES EVOLUTION TEAM · Tienen · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Jeugd en Toekomst · Youth work associations · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of ANDIL · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Etterbeek · since 2003
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Insurance agents and brokers · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2004
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of CLASTEVAL BIS · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Visé · since 2007
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · since 2007
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Poperinge · since 2015
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Leuven · since 2018