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.
“DEMAVE”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · Oostende · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Moorslede · since 1968
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Veterinary services · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · Hemiksem · since 2013
Names that resemble it 43 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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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2018
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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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Other business support services · Wetteren · since 2023
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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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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · since 2025
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Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een lichamelijke handicap · Antwerpen · since 1959
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Full-service restaurants · since 1989
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Kuurne · since 1979
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Name of an establishment of O de VO · Groothandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Geel · since 1984
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Asse · since 1989
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Wevelgem · since 1996
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Activities of other sports clubs · Gingelom · since 1998
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Glaszetten · Oudergem · since 2000
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Poperinge · since 2015
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General electrical installation work · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · Mons · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants
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Retail sale of antiques · since 1986
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Halle · since 2018
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Waregem · since 2002
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General electrical installation work · Oud-Turnhout · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Materials recovery from waste · since 1978
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Knokke-Heist · since 1988
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Oostkamp · since 1980
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Etterbeek · since 2015