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.
“DECANN”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other technical testing and analysis · Maldegem · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1997
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Advertising agencies · Lokeren · since 1992
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1990
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2018
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Fitness centres · since 2008
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Gent · since 2025
Names that resemble it 59 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other business support services · since 2022
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Other printing · Wetteren · since 1990
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Gent · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Truiden · since 1992
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Beloeil · since 1994
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Houthulst · since 1999
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Abbreviation of DECA PACKAGING GROUP · Activities of holding companies · Herentals · since 2000
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2013
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since 2015
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Economische ontwikkeling Anderlecht · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2019
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Walhain · since 2004
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2008
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since 1964
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of Eastbound Consulting · Other legal services · Gent · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · since 1982
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Specialist medical practice · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Hoeilaart · since 2024
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Kaprijke · since 1978
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Activities of head offices · Etterbeek · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 1992
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Poperinge · since 1996
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Cafés and bars · Aalst · since 1996
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Support activities for crop production · Péruwelz · since 1999
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Saint-Ghislain · since 2003
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Abbreviation of DECOTIGNIES ADVICE · Real estate agency activities · Knokke-Heist · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2012
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Cafés and bars · Hove · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1992
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Oudenaarde · since 2018
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Cafés and bars · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Halen · since 2021
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Sports and recreation education · since 2009
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Cafés and bars · Mortsel · since 2011
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Gent · since 2026
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2003
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2025
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since 2024
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Activities of building architects · since 1971
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since 1982
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General electrical installation work · since 1998
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Vervaardiging van gebreide en gehaakte stoffen · since 2000
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Specialist medical practice · since 1986
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2002
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De Haan · since 1987
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Name of an establishment · Other personal services · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1991
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Joinery installation · Lokeren · since 2002
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Avelgem · since 2017
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Leopoldsburg · since 2023
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since 2023
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Other business support services · Herent · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 2025
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Painting of buildings · since 2022
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · Waregem · since 2021
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Laakdal · since 2009
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Dilbeek · since 1994