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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.

“Thomas Auto”

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

15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Thomas Auto same name
    General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Merchtem · since 1953
  • Thomas very similar
    Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Kapellen · since 1960
  • THOMAS very similar
    Brussel · since 1991
  • Thomas very similar
    Joinery installation · Erpe-Mere · since 1992
  • THOMAS very similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 1997
  • THOMAS SA very similar
    La Roche sur Hyon · since 1998
  • THOMAS very similar
    Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Essen · since 2001
  • THOMAS very similar
    Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · Bastogne · since 2015
  • Thomas (sole trader) very similar
    Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2021
  • Thomas (sole trader) very similar
    Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2025
  • Thomas very similar
    Growing of pome and stone fruits · Kortenaken · since 2009
  • THOMAS (sole trader) very similar
    Site preparation · since 2009
  • THOMAS very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2005
  • THOMAS (sole trader) very similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2007
  • Thomas, Kato (sole trader) very similar
    since 2023
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

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