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.
“TOSTI”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Advertising agencies · Vorst · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Grimbergen · since 2017
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Other business support services · Zwalm · since 1990
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Brussel · since 1992
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Activities of holding companies · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 1995
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Vervaardiging van fietsen en invalidenwagens · Brugge · since 2016
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Performing arts by independent artists · Oostende · since 2018
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since 2019
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Abbreviation of COSTI CONSTRUCT · Other specialised construction activities · Linter · since 2009
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since 2007
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Roeselare · since 2025
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Destelbergen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2022
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Painting of buildings · Beerse · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Turnhoutse Oud Scouts en Oud Gidsen · Turnhout · since 1981
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Abbreviation of Turnhoutse Omroep Studio · Advertising agencies · Turnhout · since 1983
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Travel agency activities · Lier · since 1994
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Abbreviation of TRANS OCEAN SHIPPING · Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Abbreviation of WANDELCLUB TERUG OP STAP · Hasselt · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Time-OutSide · Nutrition and dietetics services · Rotselaar · since 2022
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Abbreviation of THE OUTSIDER SPORTS · Operation of sports facilities · Oudenaarde · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Technical Office Solutions · Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2009
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Pelt · since 1991
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Advertising agencies · Vorst · since 1994
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Cafés and bars · Lier · since 2014
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Gent · since 2018