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.
“K-ool Lab”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2026
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Abbreviation of KENNES LAB · Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Genappe · since 2026
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1990
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Other legal services · Grimbergen · since 2021
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Kalmthout · since 2012
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Activities of interior architects · Gent · since 2026
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Demolition · Antwerpen · since 1972
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Visual arts creation · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2016
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Sint-Niklaas · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ukkel · since 2019
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Graphic design and visual communication · Ukkel · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Anderlecht · since 2021