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.
“KOSMO”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Anderlecht · since 1990
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2012
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Poperinge · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of WESTHOEK HOTELS - YPRES LODGES · Hotels and similar accommodation · Ieper · since 1983
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Development of residential building projects · Deinze · since 2000
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Translation services · since 2004
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Abbreviation of KOSMOS advocaten · Activities of lawyers · Alken · since 2024
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Growing of flowers · since 2025
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Heuvelland · since 2025
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Abbreviation of KOSMA LAW · Activities of lawyers · Mechelen · since 2023
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Kortrijk · since 1998
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Physiotherapy · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2018
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Kontich · since 1987
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Etterbeek · since 2011
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Other information technology and computer services · Ninove · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Kosmos Ingenieurs · Activities of building architects · Buggenhout · since 2012
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Dental practice · Kontich · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Sint-Niklaas · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kraainem · since 2016
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Bouw van civieltechnische werken voor vloeistoffen, n.e.g. · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Koninklijke Olsene Sportief · Football clubs · Zulte · since 1967
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Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · Lasne · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Kinderopvang Scholengroep Stroom · Day nurseries and crèches · Oostende · since 2007
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2025
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Elsene · since 1991
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Performing arts by independent artists · Anderlecht · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2023
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Deinze · since 1992
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Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
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Event catering · since 2023
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Event catering · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
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Wavre · since 2007
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Anderlecht · since 2007