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 FOX”
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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Vermogensbeheer · Wevelgem · since 2005
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Cafés and bars · since 2003
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Other business support services · Genappe · since 2007
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Performing arts by independent artists · Liège · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of AMYcusa · Public relations and communication consultancy · Malle · since 2019
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Advertising agencies · Esneux · since 1985
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Other business support services · Zwevegem · since 1989
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Support activities for crop production · Ardooie · since 1991
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Tielt · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of Jeugdverblijf De Fons · Jeugdherbergen en jeugdverblijfcentra · Tielt-Winge · since 2000
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Abbreviation of DEFORM ARCHITECTS · Activities of building architects · Lummen · since 2017
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1994
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Namur · since 2022
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Real estate agency activities · since 2011
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2004
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Tielt · since 2024
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Plumbing work · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Comines-Warneton · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Centrale Dienst voor sociale en Culturele Actie van het Ministerie van Landsverdediging · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Brussel · since 1973
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Abbreviation of Ministerie van Landsverdediging · Defensie · Evere · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Protecbat SA · Vanves · since 1973
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Abbreviation of DELICIOUS EUROPEAN FOOD · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Jette · since 2014
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Abbreviation of De Filosoof · Business and other management consultancy · Poperinge · since 2011
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Ardooie · since 1985
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Activities of holding companies · Harelbeke · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of VAN CAENEGEM - KEMEL · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 1994
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Full-service restaurants · Menen · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · since 2019
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Roeselare · since 2019
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Brussel · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · since 2021
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General medical practice · since 2022
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Anzegem · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · since 2008
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Joinery installation · Beernem · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of MOLIVIO · Event catering · Aalst · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2002
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2006