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.
“KOB”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Het Kamerorkest van Brussel · Elsene · since 1975
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Abbreviation of Kring Officieren Brugge · Damme · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Kortrijks Octrooi, Merken en Modellen Bureau · Other legal services · Kortrijk · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Koninklijke Oost-Vlaamse Brandweerbond · Kruisem · since 2015
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Joinery installation · Brugge · since 2017
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Abbreviation of KINDEROPVANGBEHEER · Mortsel · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Katholiek Onderwijs Beauvoorde · Veurne · since 2004
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2017
Names that resemble it 50 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of vzw Katholiek Onderwijs in het Bisdom Antwerpen · Malle · since 1979
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Abbreviation of Katholiek Onderwijs Brussel-Noord · Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Brussel · since 1982
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Sint-Truiden · since 1985
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Ranst · since 1988
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Verhuur en lease van landbouwmachines en -werktuigen · Zonhoven · since 1997
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Abbreviation of KATHOLIEK ONDERWIJS BISDOM ANTWERPEN · Other business support services · Malle · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of KoBo (( KomegaBomega)) · Joinery installation · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2000
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Operation of sports facilities · Leuven · since 2001
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Groothandel in veevoeders · since 2013
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Vermogensbeheer · Aalst · since 2010
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Vermogensbeheer · Deinze · since 2012
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Advertising agencies · since 2011
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Steenokkerzeel · since 2022
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Antwerpen · since 2005
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Detailhandel in kledingstoffen · Soumagne · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van andere meubelen, n.e.g. · Zaventem · since 2024
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Elsene · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Katholiek Onderwijs Beringen en Lummen · Gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs ingericht door de Gemeenschappen · Beringen · since 1982
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Genk · since 1988
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Real estate agency activities · Boechout · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Korea Belgium Association · since 1991
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1998
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General electrical installation work · Kalmthout · since 1999
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Ninove · since 2013
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Antwerpen · since 2014
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General electrical installation work · Beringen · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Boechout · since 2017
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · since 1985
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Bierbeek · since 2019
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Baelen · since 2019
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Employment placement agencies · Zaventem · since 2020
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Insurance agents and brokers · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2021
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Sprimont · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Staden · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Zaventem · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Alken · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of MUK · Hairdressing and barber services · Beringen · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Lokeren · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostende · since 2011
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Openbaar bestuur op het gebied gezondheidszorg, onderwijs, culturele diensten en andere sociale diensten · Essen · since 2012
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · AMSTERDAM (ZUIDOOST) · since 2004
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sprimont · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van veevoeders · Zulte · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Elsene · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Kring van de Oost-Brabantse Reanimatoren en Anaesthesiologen · Tienen · since 1996
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Development of non-residential building projects · since 2011