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.
“D.C. SHAMROCK”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Leopoldsburg · since 2002
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Floreffe · since 2013
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Tielt · since 1971
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Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1975
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Geraardsbergen · since 1984
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Cafés and bars · Leuven · since 1994
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Brugge · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of Multiply-ck · Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2023
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Personenvervoer door de lucht · since 1977
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Full-service restaurants · since 1966
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Other financial services · Brasschaat · since 2025
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of jewellery · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · since 2018
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Abbreviation of DOCTEUR STEPHANIE HENNE · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of THE SHAMROCK 2021 · Cafés and bars · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2021