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 VRY”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Malle · since 1987
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Mechelen · since 2000
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Leuven · since 1987
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Other educational support services · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Grobbendonk · since 1989
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Teelt van andere eenjarige gewassen, n.e.g. · Staden · since 2011
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2015
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Zoersel · since 1989
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Detailhandel in overig textiel · Nivelles · since 2020
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Tournai · since 2023
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1967
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2016
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 2025
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2024
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of jewellery · Brugge · since 1997
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Gent · since 1999
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Plastering work · Zonhoven · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 2013
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Schoten · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of MATHEX · Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Estaimpuis · since 2016
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2021
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Activities of interior architects · Zedelgem · since 2020
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Manufacture of jewellery · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Vervaardiging van optische instrumenten, magnetische en optische dragers en fotografische apparatuur · Herenthout · since 2011
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of Devroe Engineering · Joinery installation · Overijse · since 2024
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Other business support services · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 1994
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Computer programming · Laarne · since 2015
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Vorst · since 2004
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Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1968
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Berlare · since 1920
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Werkgroep De Vrede · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1979
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Zuienkerke · since 1984
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Real estate agency activities · Knokke-Heist · since 1986
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Vervaardiging van kunststofartikelen voor de bouw · Lommel · since 1988
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Schilde · since 2001
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortemark · since 2015
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Kortenaken · since 2016
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General electrical installation work · Diest · since 2017
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Landscape service activities · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Charleroi · since 2012
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Site preparation · Veurne · since 2011
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Development of residential building projects · Roeselare · since 2005
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Raising of dairy cattle · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2006
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Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · since 2025
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Landscape service activities · Zuienkerke · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of DEVREST MGT · Activities of head offices · Brussel · since 2026
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since 2004
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since 2012