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.
“TOP JAMES”
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
28 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Hannut · since 2016
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Aalter · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Grimbergen · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of BLOOM · Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Nieuwpoort · since 2003
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Vermogensbeheer · Lendelede · since 2019
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Elsene · since 2020
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met zakelijke dienstverlening, n.e.g. · Knokke-Heist · since 2021
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Activiteiten van shiatsu, thai massage , watsu, tuina qigong · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2010
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Advertising agencies · Kuurne · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 1973
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Full-service restaurants · since 1981
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2006
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Stad Sint-Niklaas · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Sint-Niklaas · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Tielts Operette Podium · Tielt · since 1987
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Dendermonde · since 1989
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Other education · Zonhoven · since 1990
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Abbreviation of The Other Project · Computer programming · Mechelen · since 1998
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brugge · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · since 1980
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Site preparation · Lokeren · since 2009
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Poperinge · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Tennis Organisatie Performance vzw · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Bree · since 2006
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Tournai · since 2006
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Abbreviation of The Obsidian Project · Business and other management consultancy · Oudergem · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Z 3 JAMES · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Brugge · since 2017
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of games and toys · since 2020
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Retail sale of games and toys · since 2025
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Retail sale of games and toys · Châtelet · since 2025
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1991