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.
“KOCKX”
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.
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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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of Etablissements J. Kockx · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Plumbing work · Gent · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Friedrich Kocks GMBH · Bremen · since 1974
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Physiotherapy · Stabroek · since 2015
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Landscape service activities · since 2020
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Plumbing work · Gent · since 2020
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Retail sale of bicycles · since 2005
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General medical practice · Zedelgem · since 2022
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2010
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Joinery installation · since 2025
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Charleroi · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of ZAKENKANTOOR DOCKX · Agents and brokers in banking services · Putte · since 1990
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Mechelen · since 1992
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General construction of residential buildings · Glabbeek · since 1998
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Computer programming · Herselt · since 1998
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Advertising agencies · since 1991
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Abbreviation of DOCKX Frédéric · General construction of residential buildings · Jodoigne · since 2009
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since 2010
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Joinery installation · Evergem · since 2022
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Glaszetten · Mechelen · since 1986
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Abbreviation of KATHOLIEKE ORTHOPEDOGGISCH CENTRUM - DE LANGE MUNTE-DIENSTVERLENING · Kortrijk · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · Evergem · since 2021
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Brussel · since 2004
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Landscape service activities · since 2005
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Raeren · since 2007