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.
“DE BOSCH”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Lummen · since 2020
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Specialist medical practice · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1999
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2011
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Other specialised construction activities · Diepenbeek · since 2001
Names that resemble it 46 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van machines en apparaten voor klimaatregeling, voor niet-huishoudelijk gebruik · Roeselare · since 2022
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Abbreviation of De Bos familie Lenaerts-Maurissen · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2024
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Genappe · since 2026
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Koekelberg · since 2009
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Abbreviation of VZW De Bosclub · Tielt · since 2025
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Genk · since 1972
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Other printing · Zottegem · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of Mekanders · Other social work without accommodation · Turnhout · since 1985
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Funeral services · Pelt · since 1992
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Dilbeek · since 2001
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw · Brecht · since 1976
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Wielsbeke · since 1984
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Combined facilities support activities · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Abbreviation of DE BOECK · Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Wuustwezel · since 1989
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Asse · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of DE BOECK F. en Co · Real estate agency activities · Tremelo · since 1994
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Joinery installation · Brasschaat · since 1996
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Londerzeel · since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · Zedelgem · since 2002
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of MANICOR · Vervaardiging van houten deuren en vensters · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2011
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Joinery installation · Heers · since 2006
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Harelbeke · since 2017
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Insurance agents and brokers · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of Fédération belge des photographes - Belgische Federatie van Fotografen · Other photographic activities · Boutersem · since 1982
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Name of an establishment of DE VIJVER · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Antwerpen · since 1984
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Development of residential building projects · Boutersem · since 1991
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General electrical installation work · Aalter · since 1996
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General electrical installation work · Buggenhout · since 2002
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Cafés and bars · Boortmeerbeek · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Braives · since 2023
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Lier · since 2012
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Koekelare · since 1970
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Deerlijk · since 1986
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Brugge · since 1991
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Dental practice · Etterbeek · since 1998
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Wommelgem · since 2016
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2016
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Office administrative and support services · Oostkamp · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Zulte · since 2018
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Laarne · since 2016
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Dental practice · Dilbeek · since 2010
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Meise · since 2012
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Other personal services · since 2026