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 KIP”

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

18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

DE KIP same name

Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2019
DE KIP (sole trader) same name

Full-service restaurants · since 1980
De Kip (sole trader) same name

Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2008
De Kip (sole trader) same name

Full-service restaurants · since 2025
DE KIP same name

Schoten · since 2026
De Kim very similar

Schilde · since 1977
Dekin very similar

Vervaardiging van machines voor de productie van voedings- en genotmiddelen · Pepingen · since 1988
DE KIL very similar

Dordrecht · since 1989
DEKIM very similar

Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1993
De Kim very similar

Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Geraardsbergen · since 1995
De Kuip very similar

Name of an establishment of Stad Ninove · Afvalwaterafvoer · Ninove · since 1968
DE KUIP (sole trader) very similar

Full-service restaurants
De Rijdende Kip very similar

Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Putte · since 1983
De reizende kip very similar

Trade name of Houthoofd & Co · Other business support services · Jabbeke · since 2015
De "Malse" Kip (sole trader) very similar

Detailhandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · since 2014
DE BONTE KIP very similar

Full-service restaurants · Balen · since 2018
De Hippe Kip very similar

Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Balen · since 2021
De swingende kip (sole trader) very similar

Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2008

Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

DEKI B.V. similar

Roosteren · since 2017
DEKI similar

Other business support services · Mol · since 2019
DE KIPPE (sole trader) similar

Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1980
De Kippe similar

Full-service restaurants · Houthulst · since 2019
DE KIPPE BM similar

Vermogensbeheer · Zele · since 2013
De Kippist similar

Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Houthulst · since 2022
De Kiem similar

Brugge · since 1981
De Kiem similar

Instellingen met huisvesting voor drugs- en alcoholverslaafden · Gavere · since 1991
DE KIEM similar

Kasterlee · since 2002
De Kine (sole trader) similar

Physiotherapy · since 2014
De Kilo similar

Abbreviation of De Kilo vzw · Football clubs · Assenede · since 2018
DE KILO (sole trader) similar

Cafés and bars · since 2001
De kiem similar

Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2019
DEKIEN similar

Support activities for crop production · Middelkerke · since 2006
DE KIER similar

Kortrijk · since 2006
DEKIAS similar

Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Anderlecht · since 2024
DEK similar

Mons · since 2001
DEK similar

Abbreviation of KONINKLIJK HARMONIE -ORKEST DOOR EIGEN KRACHT VZW · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 2017
"DEK" similar

Other business support services · Leuven · since 2020
De Hoevekip similar

Trade name of VERMEULEN KIP & RIB · Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Herentals · since 2016
De Kid Strip (sole trader) similar

Detailhandel in boeken · since 2010
DE HOEVEKIP similar

Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Tielt · since 2005
DE KIPHALLE (sole trader) similar

Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2008
DEWAKIP similar

Freight transport by road · Waregem · since 1975
DE KIMPE similar

Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · Kruisem · since 1982
DE KIOSK similar

Name of an establishment of Chris Houvenaghel & C° · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Antwerpen · since 1993
DEKIMPE similar

Funeral services · Comines-Warneton · since 1999
DELIKIP similar

Groothandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Deinze · since 1999
De Kimpe similar

Name of an establishment of H.K.W. · Activities of holding companies · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2002
DE KIOSK (sole trader) similar

Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1987
DE KISTE (sole trader) similar

Full-service restaurants · since 1995
DE KIOSK (sole trader) similar

Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2011
DE KISTE (sole trader) similar

Cafés and bars · since 2021
DE KILLE similar

Name of an establishment · Full-service restaurants · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2012
DE KIOSK similar

Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Lommel · since 2005
Dekimpe similar

Vervoer via pijpleidingen · Zottegem · since 2024
DEKIMMO similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Gingelom · since 1992

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