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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.

“TomAVJacobs”

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.

Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Verstrekken van verbruikskrediet · since 2005
  • Tom Jacobs similar
    Verstrekken van verbruikskrediet · Lummen · since 2007
  • LV JACOBS similar
    Name of an establishment of JACOBS · Raising of dairy cattle · Hoogstraten · since 1997
  • JACOBS similar
    Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1972
  • JACOBS similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Tielt-Winge · since 1983
  • JACOBS similar
    Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Sankt Vith · since 1987
  • Jacobs similar
    Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Olen · since 1989
  • JACOBS similar
    Name of an establishment of RIJWIELEN HUGO JACOBS · Retail sale of bicycles · Begijnendijk · since 1991
  • JACOBS similar
    Real estate agency activities · Zandhoven · since 1992
  • JACOBS similar
    Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · Middelkerke · since 1992
  • JACOBS similar
    Plumbing work · Keerbergen · since 1996
  • JACOBS similar
    Other maintenance and repair of motor vehicles · Putte · since 1998
  • Jacobs similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Niklaas · since 1999
  • Jacobs similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Aartselaar · since 2000
  • Inland freight water transport · since 1994
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  • Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2021
  • JACOBS similar
    Insurance agents and brokers · Gent · since 2016
  • Jacobs similar
    Nijlen · since 2018
  • Joinery installation · since 2021
  • JACOBS similar
    Raising of dairy cattle · Essen · since 2010
  • Jacobs similar
    Mixed farming · Halen · since 2012
  • Vervaardiging van stortklare beton · since 1987
  • Physiotherapy · since 2004
  • Jacobs similar
    Name of an establishment of JACOBS BEVEILIGING · General electrical installation work · Malle · since 2008
  • Construction of roads and motorways · since 2025
  • Other human health activities · since 2025
  • Jacobs similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Willebroek · since 1983

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