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.
“KOTA”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Veterinary services · Soumagne · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Kasterlee · since 1996
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Antwerpen · since 1985
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2014
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Kortrijk · since 1989
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Tienen · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Kansen op toekomst · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2021
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Freight transport by road · Mechelen · since 2024
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Jalhay · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2010
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Groothandel in installatiemateriaal voor loodgieterswerk en verwarming · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Kom op tegen Kanker · Verenigingen op het vlak van ziektepreventie en gezondheidsbevordering · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Bree · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Aarschot · since 2023
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Joinery installation · Anzegem · since 2009
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Mons · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Kidzofit Bruxelles · Anderlecht · since 2025
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Activities of building architects · Oudergem · since 2026
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Oudergem · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2024
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since 2014
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Specialist medical practice · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2020
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since 1971
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Name of an establishment of TO BECOME · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Ukkel · since 1991
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Bredene · since 1993
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Other printing · Tournai · since 1996
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Name of an establishment · Public relations and communication consultancy · Florennes · since 2012
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Floreffe · since 2013
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Mettet · since 2008
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Other education · since 2026
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2026