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.
“Thecointainer”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Ukkel · since 1993
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of SPORT EN SPEL · Cafés and bars · Ninove · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of JEROEN MISSOTTEN · Cafés and bars · Beringen · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · since 1991
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Cafés and bars · since 2013
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Cafés and bars · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of EL KARAM · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 1997
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Cafés and bars · Zelzate · since 2018
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · since 1980
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Name of an establishment of BRANDO RECRUITMENT · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 1976
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Cafés and bars · since 2007
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Manage · since 2025
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Groothandel in motorfietsen, delen en toebehoren van motorfietsen · Alken · since 1992
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Cafés and bars · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of BCTJ Company Solutions Belgium · Cafés and bars · Kapellen · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of MAIKEL & MARIA · Cafés and bars · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of JOGA · Demolition · Antwerpen · since 2012