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.
“TOBESCO”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in tabaksproducten · Liedekerke · since 1986
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 1964
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Lochristi · since 2015
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Office administrative and support services · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2022
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Maasmechelen · since 1999
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Advertising agencies · since 1975
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Advertising agencies · since 1999
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Activiteiten van musea en collecties · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2021
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Activities of building architects · Hasselt · since 2020
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Kontich · since 2005
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of SOALI · Pre-press and pre-media services · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1949
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Oostende · since 1968
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Groothandel in schoeisel · Vorst · since 1974
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Name of an establishment of TESCO-INVEST · Real estate agency activities · Brussel · since 1986
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Alken · since 2002
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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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Activities of holding companies · Schilde · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2020
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Specialist medical practice · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Nijlen · since 2006
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Joinery installation · Herent · since 2007
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Dessel · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2023