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.
“KOGE”
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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Other technical testing and analysis · Gent · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of STELLA CORP · Other non-specialised retail sale · Overijse · since 2011
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Affligem · since 2006
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Abbreviation of KONINKLIJKE GENTSE KAPPERSKRING · Gent · since 1950
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Abbreviation of Katholiek Onderwijs Geel-Kasterlee · Vrij gesubsidieerd gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs · Geel · since 1993
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Abbreviation of KONINKLIJK OLYMPIC GENT · Gent · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Katholiek Onderwijs Geraardsbergen · Geraardsbergen · since 2019
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Abbreviation of K-OtaGeek · Oudergem · since 2022
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Other business support services · Gistel · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Kings of Comedy · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Elsene · since 2008
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Katholiek Onderwijs Groot-Beveren · Vrij gesubsidieerd gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1983
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Roosdaal · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Koga.Judo ASBL · Mouscron · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Koninklijke Gemeenteharmonie Heusden · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Destelbergen · since 2013
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Day nurseries and crèches · Lievegem · since 2015
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2017
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Computer programming · Brussel · since 2022
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Landscape service activities · since 2012
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Specialist medical practice · Ukkel · since 2026
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Activiteiten van pret- en themaparken · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2023