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.
“Kowee”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other business support services · Aalst · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2006
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ganshoren · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Roeselare · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Roeselare · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Motena · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Roeselare · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Fleurus · since 2015
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Oostende · since 2016
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · Lille · since 2020
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Trade name of BAR KOTEE · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2023
Names that resemble it 1 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Kiwanis Oostende Wellington · Oostende · since 2026