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.
“BEDOC”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General electrical installation work · Roeselare · since 2001
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Abbreviation of BEKE-D’OOSTERLINCK · Landscape service activities · Pont-à-Celles · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2025
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Raising of horses and other equines · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1988
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'ESSAIS ET CONTROLE DE CARNELLE · Investigation and private security services · Brussel · since 1992
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Brugge · since 2000
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Anderlecht · since 2000
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 2000
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · Antwerpen · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · Ganshoren · since 2019
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN EASY DATA DRIVEN ELECTRICAL CHARGING · Handel in elektriciteit · Brussel · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · Dilbeek · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Médecine Expertise Docteur ODEKERKEN et Collaborateurs · Specialist medical practice · Modave · since 2009
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Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · since 2003
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Other legal services · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1973
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Heusden-Zolder · since 2021
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1990
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Computer programming · Mouscron · since 2022
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Other specialised design activities · since 1963
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Name of an establishment of DIVAN · Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Gent · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Brussels Education & Development · Anderlecht · since 2024
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Groothandel in fietsen · since 2015
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · De Haan · since 2020
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Dental practice · La Bruyère · since 2004