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.
“Joniko”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Waregem · since 2018
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Sint-Truiden · since 2001
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Inkoopvereniging van Woninginrichtingsartikelen · Brussel · since 1958
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Support activities for crop production · Sint-Truiden · since 1999
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Turnhout · since 2001
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zonhoven · since 2002
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Antwerpen · since 2011
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General construction of residential buildings · Deinze · since 2006
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Kruishoutem · since 1982
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Plumbing work · since 1989
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 1985
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Cafés and bars · since 2019
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zelzate · since 2022
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Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Bekkevoort · since 2009
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brugge · since 2025
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Blankenberge · since 2014
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2002
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Development of residential building projects · Schilde · since 2018
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Charleroi · since 1998
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Dilbeek · since 2015
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Cafés and bars · Koekelberg · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Wuustwezel · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van onderdelen van elektrische installaties · Sint-Niklaas · since 1942
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Aarschot · since 2024
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Ninove · since 1993
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Wholesale of timber · Oostende · since 2007
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Waregem · since 2019