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.
“DANICOO”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mouscron · since 2006
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Dessel · since 1994
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Specialist medical practice · Hasselt · since 1998
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Geel · since 2021
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Namur · since 2016
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Dynamique d'Animation et deCulture · Brussel · since 1991
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Zelzate · since 2001
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Mons · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Ronse · since 2023
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Anderlecht · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2003
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Lennik · since 2007
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Beernem · since 2025
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Plumbing work · Schaarbeek · since 2018
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Mechelen · since 2023
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van veevoeders · Ardooie · since 1970
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Trade name of ALL INVESTMENT EN TRADING COMPANY · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Lasne · since 2001
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since 1978
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 2017
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Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · Merchtem · since 2021