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.
“TONCA”
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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Niklaas · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · Koekelberg · since 2011
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since 2023
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Name of an establishment of D.B.C.T. · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Genappe · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1999
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Oostende · since 2013
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Other business support services · Ternat · since 2018
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Brasschaat · since 2003
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Staden · since 2014
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since 1986
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Detailhandel in drogisterijartikelen en onderhoudsproducten · Kasterlee · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · Gent · since 2022
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Maldegem · since 2023
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Name of an establishment · Other building finishing work · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2007
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Merksplas · since 1977
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Oostende · since 1983
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of The Online Nut Company · Advertising agencies · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2013
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General medical practice · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Abbreviation of TEMPEST OF NOISE · Visual arts creation · Elsene · since 2017
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Reparatie en onderhoud van consumentenelektronica · since 1977
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Antwerpen · since 2025