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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“KOGI”

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • KOGI same name
    Computer programming · Brussel · since 2022
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • K.O.G. similar
    Abbreviation of KONINKLIJK OLYMPIC GENT · Gent · since 2002
  • KOG similar
    Abbreviation of Katholiek Onderwijs Geraardsbergen · Geraardsbergen · since 2019
  • KOGITO similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mons · since 2022
  • K-OG similar
    Abbreviation of K-OtaGeek · Oudergem · since 2022
  • KOG similar
    Abbreviation of Kings of Comedy · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Elsene · since 2008
  • KOGIMMO similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brussel · since 1987
  • KOGB similar
    Abbreviation of Katholiek Onderwijs Groot-Beveren · Vrij gesubsidieerd gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1983
  • KoGo similar
    Roosdaal · since 1999
  • KOGA similar
    Abbreviation of Koga.Judo ASBL · Mouscron · since 2013
  • KOGH similar
    Abbreviation of Koninklijke Gemeenteharmonie Heusden · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Destelbergen · since 2013
  • KOGA similar
    Day nurseries and crèches · Lievegem · since 2015
  • Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2017
  • KOGE similar
    Other technical testing and analysis · Gent · since 2018
  • Landscape service activities · since 2012
  • KOGIMECH similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2025
  • KOGIBRAND similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2022
  • KOGIMANIA similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ukkel · since 2024

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