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.
“Josca”
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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Other sports activities · Kruisem · since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · Overijse · since 2024
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Insurance agents and brokers · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of JSCON · Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Kortenaken · since 2023
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Activities of head offices · Antwerpen · since 2026
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Joinery installation · Grobbendonk · since 1971
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Antwerpen · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Bree · since 2011
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Mixed farming · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2024
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Abbreviation of JONGE ONDERNEMENDE STUDENTEN · Gistel · since 2003
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Abbreviation of JAARMARKTORGANISATIE STEENHUFFEL · Other amusement and recreation activities · Londerzeel · since 2015
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Liège · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Kalmthout · since 2013
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2021
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kapellen · since 2009
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Joinery installation · Gent · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of HALF VIER · Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2006
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · Aalst · since 2025
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Genappe · since 2025
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Jeugdwerk Ondersteunen in Sint-Niklaas · Sint-Niklaas · since 2015
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2022