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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.

“YASO”

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.

  • YASO same name
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Ternat · since 2014
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • YAS similar
    Abbreviation of Young Artists Structure · Other education · Gent · since 2015
  • Other business support services · since 2016
  • YAS similar
    Abbreviation of YOUNG ATLEET SUPPORT · Advertising agencies · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2024
  • YASA similar
    Châtelet · since 1991
  • YASH similar
    Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 1996
  • YASA similar
    Nuenen · since 1996
  • YASH similar
    Other building finishing work · Zedelgem · since 2014
  • YASS similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Bonheiden · since 2017
  • YASA similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Elsene · since 2013
  • Specialist medical practice · since 2026
  • LOYASO similar
    Activities of lawyers · Brussel · since 2025
  • YASA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Maasmechelen · since 2021

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