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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“TOSEP”

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.

  • TOSEP same name
    Painting of buildings · Balen · since 2007
  • ToStep very similar
    Painting of buildings · Beerse · since 2014
  • BOSEP very similar
    Name of an establishment of TOSCA RENTAL SERVICES · Vervaardiging van andere elektrische apparatuur · Brecht · since 1996
  • COSEP very similar
    Activities of building architects · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 1998
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • TOSECO similar
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Willebroek · since 2013
  • T.O.S. similar
    Abbreviation of Turnhoutse Oud Scouts en Oud Gidsen · Turnhout · since 1981
  • T.O.S. similar
    Abbreviation of Turnhoutse Omroep Studio · Advertising agencies · Turnhout · since 1983
  • TOS similar
    Travel agency activities · Lier · since 1994
  • T.O.S. similar
    Abbreviation of TRANS OCEAN SHIPPING · Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 2001
  • TOS similar
    Abbreviation of WANDELCLUB TERUG OP STAP · Hasselt · since 2002
  • TOS similar
    Abbreviation of Time-OutSide · Nutrition and dietetics services · Rotselaar · since 2022
  • TOS similar
    Abbreviation of THE OUTSIDER SPORTS · Operation of sports facilities · Oudenaarde · since 2023
  • TOS similar
    Name of an establishment of Technical Office Solutions · Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2009
  • TOSENSE similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Wetteren · since 2016
  • TO SEE ME similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Mons · since 2016

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