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.
“Jotto”
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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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Wichelen · since 2023
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Wellen · since 1968
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 1995
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Gent · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of Kimbe · Full-service restaurants · Tienen · since 2018
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2019
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Bouw van civiele schepen en drijvend materieel · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 1971
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Schilde · since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Wichelen · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Josto VZW · Youth work associations · Antwerpen · since 2026
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oostende · since 1994
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Vermogensbeheer · Essen · since 2019
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Other business support services · Menen · since 2022
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Other building finishing work · Mechelen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of JONG OOSTAKKERS TONEEL · Gent · since 2002
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Joinery installation · Schoten · since 2021
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2009
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1985
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Niklaas · since 2021
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Abbreviation of On-Snow Talent and Training Organisation · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Event catering · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of JOTT BELGIUM · Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Brussel · since 2017
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Bertem · since 1997