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.
“DEGM”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Holsbeek · since 2002
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Wommelgem · since 2019
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Grimbergen · since 2018
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since 2006
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Abbreviation of DEUTSCHSPRACHIGE EVANGELISCHE GEMEINDE IN BELGIEN-Emmausgemeinde(Eglise Protestante d'expression allemande en Belgique-Emmausgemeinde) · Activities of religious organisations · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1953
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Middelkerke · since 1983
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Oostkamp · since 1987
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General construction of residential buildings · Hoogstraten · since 1989
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Herzele · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Torhout · since 1990
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Vermogensbeheer · Tielt · since 2011
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2022
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Kampenhout · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2024
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Other business support services · Ieper · since 2025
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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Geel · since 2019