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.
“TONKA”
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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Leuven · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of "TONKA COMPANY" · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Jette · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of KONCHÜ · Full-service restaurants · Ukkel · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2007
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Sambreville · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · Aubel · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Beyne-Heusay · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Tournai · since 2026
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2021
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Beyne-Heusay · since 2017
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Fondation Katanga · Brussel · since 1997
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Ukkel · since 1998
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Other business support services · Ternat · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2019
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since 1986
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2020
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Verviers · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Niklaas · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · since 1982
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Merksplas · since 1977
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Trade name of ADRIENNE ET MOI · Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of TEMPEST OF NOISE · Visual arts creation · Elsene · since 2017
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Elsene · since 1986
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Freight transport by road · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2025