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.
“DEFORUS”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Brussel · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2015
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2025
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other business support services · Genappe · since 2007
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Abbreviation of DEFORM ARCHITECTS · Activities of building architects · Lummen · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Namur · since 2022
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Ardooie · since 1985
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Abbreviation of DeFO asbl · Performing arts by independent artists · Liège · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of AMYcusa · Public relations and communication consultancy · Malle · since 2019
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Zonnebeke · since 1983
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Growing of flowers · Lochristi · since 1986
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Tournai · since 1993
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2023
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Mixed farming · Heuvelland · since 2025
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Zele · since 1994
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Cafés and bars · Maldegem · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Wevelgem · since 2005
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Deinze · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of CRATEGUS · Other specialised construction activities · Ardooie · since 1968