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 PLANKEN”

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

6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

DE PLANKEN same name

Retie · since 2005
De Plank very similar

Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · Begijnendijk · since 2014
De Plank very similar

Other amusement and recreation activities · Herent · since 2017
De Plank (sole trader) very similar

Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
DE PLANKENIERS very similar

Ravels · since 2007
DE PLANK (sole trader) very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Cafés and bars · since 2010

Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

DE PLANKERIJ similar

Wholesale of timber · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2012
De Plaen (sole trader) similar

Real estate agency activities · since 2012
De Planck (sole trader) similar

Cafés and bars · since 1985
DE PLANCK similar

Cafés and bars · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2025
Denis Verplanken similar

Dental practice · Oosterzele · since 2010
De Platzakken similar

Brussel · since 1969
DEPLANTER similar

Painting of buildings · Diksmuide · since 1983
Dr. Blanken similar

Antwerpen · since 1998
de planner (sole trader) similar

Advertising agencies · since 2018
De Plancke similar

Name of an establishment of 4 Makers · Installatie van verwarming, klimaatregeling, koeling en ventilatie aangedreven door andere energiebronnen dan elektriciteit · Ieper · since 2018
De Plassen similar

Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Putte · since 2019
De Plaezen similar

Activities of holding companies · Lochristi · since 2022
DE PLANTIN similar

Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2025
De Planner similar

Stabroek · since 2026
DE PLAS similar

Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Geraardsbergen · since 2026
Deplano, Adrien (sole trader) similar

Activities of building architects · since 2019
De Plancke, Nancy (sole trader) similar

Hairdressing and barber services · since 1988
De Plancke, Lien (sole trader) similar

Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2011
DE PLANTAGE similar

Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2002
VERPLANKEN similar

Painting of buildings · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2013
De Platanen similar

Menen · since 2007
De planeet similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Name of an establishment of BONKAT · Cafés and bars · Rumst · since 2021

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