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.
“Jocobe”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Beringen · since 2009
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Warehousing and storage · Estaimpuis · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lanaken · since 1994
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Activities of holding companies · Ukkel · since 2015
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Event catering · Geel · since 2015
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Abbreviation of HORECA CONSULTANCY BENELUX · Business and other management consultancy · Genk · since 2007
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Waterloo · since 1986
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Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1987
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Genk · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Kapellen · since 1992
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Boechout · since 1995
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Surre · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · Maldegem · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Brugge · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · Hasselt · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2023
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Genk · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Dendermonde · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Hoogstraten · since 2008
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Balen · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 2002
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Activities of interior architects · Pajottegem · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Staden · since 2009
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Vakantieparken · Lanaken · since 1993
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Ellezelles · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Beringen · since 2005
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Other business support services · Sint-Truiden · since 2024
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Schilde · since 1985
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Vervaardiging van gereedschap, muv vormkasten en gietvormen · Harelbeke · since 2000
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2009
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Other business support services · since 2016