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 FACTORIJ”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Retie · since 1996
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Antwerpen · since 2013
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Advertising agencies · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of RITVIV · Cafés and bars · Knokke-Heist · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Mechelen · since 2018
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Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Riemst · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Zaventem · since 2020
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2016
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Other business support services · Bonheiden · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of Carmencita · Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Leuven · since 2017
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Trade name of Smartbyte · Other information technology and computer services · Hulshout · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of STEP TWO · Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Peer · since 2007
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Zorgdorpen · Overige maatschappelijke dienstverlening zonder huisvesting voor ouderen of personen met een handicap · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2015
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · Kontich · since 1991
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Abbreviation of DEFENSE DES ACTIONNAIRES ET OBLIGATAIRES · Elsene · since 1998
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Sint-Truiden · since 2019
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Vorst · since 2005
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Advertising agencies · Mortsel · since 2024
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Funeral services · since 2022
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Stuttgart · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van andere meubelen, n.e.g. · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of De Y-factor, sociaal artistiek centrum voor beeldende kunsten · Visual arts creation · Leuven · since 2018
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Trade name of Sumo Coders · Computer programming · Gent · since 2010
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Other education · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · Dilbeek · since 2008
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Vermogensbeheer · Manhay · since 2014