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.
“DEBUFIN”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2008
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Other financial services · Gent · since 1997
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Activities of head offices · Schaarbeek · since 2021
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Development of residential building projects · Kruisem · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Koksijde · since 1993
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Office administrative and support services · Gistel · since 1997
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Damme · since 2014
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Harelbeke · since 2020
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Real estate agency activities · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2012
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Pajottegem · since 2006
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van andere machines voor specifieke doeleinden n.e.g. · Oostkamp · since 2016
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Activiteiten op het gebied van ergotherapie · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Lier · since 1983
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Namur · since 1987
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Logistics services · Vleteren · since 1989
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Hairdressing and barber services · Ukkel · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2004
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Event catering · Beerse · since 2023
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Inland freight water transport · since 1985