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.
“DEFITEX”
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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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Haacht · since 1989
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Vervaardiging van filtreertoestellen · Waterloo · since 1986
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tintigny · since 2026
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Rixensart · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Kruisem · since 1990
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Pepingen · since 2024
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Gent · since 1966
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General electrical installation work · Anderlecht · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Développement, Encadrement, Formation et Intégration par le Travail et la Socialisation · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Tellin · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of Ville de Charleroi · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Charleroi · since 1968
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Oostkamp · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Développement, Etudes et Formation en Informatique · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1994
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Nyon · since 1995
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Trade name of M.H.C.L. · Other non-specialised retail sale · Dison · since 2012
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BLARINGHEM · since 2013
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Abbreviation of DESLANDES ESPACE FINANCEMENT INTERNATIONAL · Mouscron · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Développement des Essences Forestières Indigènes · Chimay · since 2009
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Development of residential building projects · Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 2005
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · since 2006
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2018
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Tournai · since 1991
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bierbeek · since 2011
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tervuren · since 2012