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.
“THOSAN”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2017
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Maldegem · since 1994
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Activities of holding companies · Bornem · since 2018
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Kortrijk · since 2005
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Voeren · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Maldegem · since 2014
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2020
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Leuven · since 2021
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Other personal services · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Lo-Reninge · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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Kapellen · since 1991
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bonheiden · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Arendonk · since 2009
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Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · Tielt-Winge · since 2025
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Liège · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2021
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Ichtegem · since 2012