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.

“DE BIST”

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.

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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

19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

De Bist same name

Name of an establishment of Gasthuiszusters Augustinessen van Lier · Activities of religious organisations · Boechout · since 1922
DE BIST same name

Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Antwerpen · since 2021
DE BIST same name

Buying and selling of own real estate · Mol · since 2008
DE BIST same name

Name of an establishment of LEVIN BOEN · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Grobbendonk · since 2009
De Bist same name

Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van het gebouw 'De Bist' te 2180 Antwerpen-Ekeren, Boterbloemlaan 24-26 · Antwerpen · since 1995
De Bist same name

Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van het gebouw De Bist Bist 34-35 te Wilrijk · Antwerpen · since 2000
DEBISO very similar

Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw · Anderlecht · since 2016
De Biest very similar

Kippenkwekerijen · Kruisem · since 1977
DE BIEST (sole trader) very similar

Full-service restaurants · since 1986
De Bast very similar

Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Ternat · since 1990
DEBAST very similar

Roosdaal · since 2020
DEB-ICT very similar

Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zwevegem · since 2020
DE LIST very similar

Other information service activities · Lummen · since 2021
Denis. T (sole trader) very similar

Site preparation · since 2026
DE BIE T. very similar

Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Affligem · since 2011
DE BAST (sole trader) very similar

Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2004
Immo De Bist very similar

Vermogensbeheer · Westerlo · since 2020
DE BIST-HERMANS very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 1977
De LIst very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Schoten · since 1987

Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

DE BISTHOEVE similar

Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2004
DEBISCOM similar

Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Dendermonde · since 2005
DE BIE similar

Joinery installation · Nijlen · since 2000
DE BIE similar

Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2013
De Bie similar

Activities of interior architects · Diksmuide · since 2016
De Bie (sole trader) similar

Plastering work · since 2010
DE BIE similar

Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · Kalmthout · since 2008
De Bie similar

Activities of lawyers · Kontich · since 2025
DE BISTRONOOM (sole trader) similar

Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2009
de bierbistro (sole trader) similar

Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2012
DEBINVEST similar

Antwerpen · since 1999
DEBIS & CO similar

Certified accountants and tax accountants · Meise · since 2001
DEBINVEST similar

Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw · Braine-le-Château · since 2016
De Hobbist (sole trader) similar

Finishing of textiles · since 2020
DE BIOKAST similar

Wholesale of other food products · Londerzeel · since 2004
DEBIRA similar

Abbreviation of KANTOOR J. DE BISSCHOP, RAADGEVERS · Other tax advisory services · Asse · since 1985
DEEBIS similar

Dilbeek · since 1994
De Bijl (sole trader) similar

Cafés and bars · since 2013
DE BINK (sole trader) similar

Full-service restaurants · since 1992
De Bies similar

Full-service restaurants · Voeren · since 2020
DEBIEN similar

Growing of pome and stone fruits · Geetbets · since 2009
de BING similar

Manufacture of outerwear · Wetteren · since 2012
DEBICO similar

Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mechelen · since 2006
De Bijl (sole trader) similar

Cafés and bars · since 2008
Debiek similar

Web portal activities · Hoogstraten · since 2008
DeBius similar

Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2025
De Bistrobus (sole trader) similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 2016
Debim similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Kortrijk · since 1980

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