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.
“Johan”
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
47 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Painting of buildings · since 2014
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Office administrative and support services · since 2023
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Leuven · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of AMENTA · Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Schoten · since 2012
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Trade name of Pure Taste · Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Zemst · since 2016
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · since 2008
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Activities of lawyers · since 2001
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2010
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Other cleaning activities · since 2020
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General medical practice · since 1987
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Other business support services · since 2025
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Menen · since 1983
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Joinery installation · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1996
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Mixed farming · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Geraardsbergen · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van machines en apparaten voor klimaatregeling, voor niet-huishoudelijk gebruik · since 2017
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Investigation and private security services · since 2002
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Event catering · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2015
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since 2023
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since 1996
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 2021
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Mixed farming · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Rijkevorsel · since 2006
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Bewerken en spinnen van textielvezels · Dentergem · since 2000
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Ieper · since 2002
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Halle · since 2014
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2014
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since 1994
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Landscape service activities · since 2017
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Physiotherapy · since 1986
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Other personal services · since 2020
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2020
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Silly · since 2021
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Mixed farming · since 1991
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · since 2015
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Insurance agents and brokers · Beernem · since 2009
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Specialist medical practice · since 1986
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Niklaas · since 2010
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Abbreviation of JOHAN D. JOOS · Activities of lawyers · Wemmel · since 2010
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Specialist medical practice · Halen · since 2010
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Mixed farming · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of BCTS Catering · Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · Ukkel · since 1999
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Activiteiten van shiatsu, thai massage , watsu, tuina qigong · since 2015
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Buying and selling of own real estate · since 2011
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Jong Hakendover · Tienen · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · Putte · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brugge · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1979
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Braives · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · Koekelberg · since 2010
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Other personal services · Leuven · since 2014
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2025
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Aalst · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2017
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Verenigingen op het vlak van milieu en mobiliteit · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2004
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since 2025