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.
“DEGEMA”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Ans · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1997
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Mechelen · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Wevelgem · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Wommelgem · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Nederlandse Gereedschappen Maatschappij · Bussum · since 1968
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Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1982
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Torhout · since 1997
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Support activities for crop production · Ouffet · since 1998
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kortrijk · since 2009
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Verhuur en lease van tenten · since 1997
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Verhuur en lease van tenten · since 1997
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Charleroi · since 2015
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1952
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Stoumont · since 1983
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Waregem · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of M.G.S. · Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of SOGEDEC · Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Namur · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Knokke-Heist · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of DEMA - DEMUYNCK ANN · Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Knokke-Heist · since 1992
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Activities of holding companies · Menen · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2019
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 1996
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Machining of metals · Maldegem · since 2022
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Nursing and midwifery · Zedelgem · since 2023
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Abbreviation of DIALOQUE EURO-MEDITERRANEEN ASSOCIATION · Brussel · since 2010
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 1985
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Joinery installation · since 2004
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Antwerpen · since 2005
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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Other business support services · Ieper · since 2025
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Saint-Nicolas · since 1987
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Plombières · since 2000
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1992
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Vlaardingen · since 1956
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Evere · since 1969
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Bassenge · since 1990
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1999
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Name of an establishment · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Genk · since 2001
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Other education · Geraardsbergen · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · since 2020
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Knokke-Heist · since 1988