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.
“KOBAY”
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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General electrical installation work · Beringen · since 2015
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Genk · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1998
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's-Gravenhage · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Boechout · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2017
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Zaventem · since 2023
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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 · Oostende · since 2011
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Installatie van duurzame elektrische installaties · Beringen · since 2018
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 2026
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Development of non-residential building projects · since 2011
Names that resemble it 28 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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Sint-Truiden · since 1985
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Abbreviation of KATHOLIEK ONDERWIJS BISDOM ANTWERPEN · Other business support services · Malle · since 2000
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Vermogensbeheer · Deinze · since 2012
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Abbreviation of KATHOLIEK ONDERWIJS BISDOM ANTWERPEN REGIO TURNHOUT · Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Malle · since 1992
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1994
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Koksijde · since 1995
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Gent · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2002
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2017
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Advertising agencies · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Schaarbeek · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Hasselt · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Mortsel · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Truiden · since 2007
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Lummen · since 2024
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Erpe-Mere · since 2023
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Physiotherapy · Waregem · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Herselt · since 2026