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.
“TOBCO”
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 · Wervik · since 2002
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 1999
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Dessel · since 2026
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Development of residential building projects · Herent · since 2013
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Construction of roads and motorways · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2005
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Schaarbeek · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Three Ocean Trading Company · Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Gent · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2017
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Roeselare · since 2017
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1997
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Activities of lawyers · Leuven · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Elsene · since 2021
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2024
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Trainers Organisatie Boogschieten · Blankenberge · since 1993
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Groothandel in tabaksproducten · Liedekerke · since 1986
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Office administrative and support services · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Brakel · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2011
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Machining of metals · since 2025
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1978