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.
“KOBUS”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Alken · since 2009
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · AMSTERDAM (ZUIDOOST) · since 2004
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since 1986
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Grimbergen · since 2018
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Painting of buildings · since 2025
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since 2011
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Vervaardiging van klokken en horloges · since 2025
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Bornem · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2003
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1997
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · since 1990
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Mortsel · since 2015
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Wijnegem · since 2016
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Joinery installation · since 2025
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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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Insulation installation · Asse · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of BSK HEALTH · Fitness centres · Malle · since 2008
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2007
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brasschaat · since 2026
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2024