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.
“Jonas Proost”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Plumbing work · Retie · since 2016
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Anderlecht · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of MALENA · Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Leuven · since 2002
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1982
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2015
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Abbreviation of VZW Jonas · Steenokkerzeel · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Lier · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2026
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Brecht · since 1987
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Activities of interior architects · Aalter · since 2014
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Inzameling van gevaarlijk afval · since 1988
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Event catering · Kasterlee · since 2015
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Support activities for crop production · Zemst · since 2020
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Physiotherapy · Rumst · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · Lille · since 2000
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Other education · since 2014
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Real estate agency activities · Asse · since 2016
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Advertising agencies · Deinze · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2012
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Herk-de-Stad · since 2005
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Kortemark · since 2006
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Oudenaarde · since 2008