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.
“Joste”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lier · since 1993
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Event catering · Gent · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · Kruisem · since 2020
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Land surveying · WEISWAMPACH · since 2011
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Malle · since 2004
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General medical practice · Courcelles · since 2024
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Brussel · since 1992
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Insulation installation · Büllingen · since 1992
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Nursing and midwifery · Roeselare · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Josto VZW · Youth work associations · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Beersel · since 2000
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Cafés and bars · Dendermonde · since 2026
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of JOST LOGISTICS · Warehousing and storage · Herstal · since 1962
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Anderlecht · since 1985
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General construction of residential buildings · Schilde · since 1988
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Freight transport by road · WEISWAMPACH · since 1998
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Joinery installation · Geraardsbergen · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · Zele · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Beyne-Heusay · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of HAIR BEAUTY SUN · Hairdressing and barber services · Oudergem · since 1998
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General medical practice · since 2015
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Luxembourg · since 2017
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Name of an establishment · Freight transport by road · Herstal · since 1989
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Cafés and bars · since 2014
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 1971
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Wholesale of live animals · since 1982
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Mixed farming · since 2006
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1994
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Landscape service activities · Rijkevorsel · since 2002
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Dilbeek · 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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Raising of dairy cattle · since 2016
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Other legal services · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2026
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Other education · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of JOST V.B.G · Activities of head offices · Bütgenbach · since 2022
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Jeugdwerk Ondersteunen in Sint-Niklaas · Sint-Niklaas · since 2015