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.
“DEMOCRAT”
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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Waregem · since 1989
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Gent · since 1981
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Name of an establishment of Meer Democratie · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Leuven · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Huisartsenvereniging Democrates · Research and development on biotechnology · Heuvelland · since 2004
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General construction of residential buildings · Hasselt · since 1990
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Brasschaat · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of TM Gent-Ninove · General construction of other non-residential buildings · Hasselt · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brasschaat · since 1999
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Abbreviation of DemoCrisis civic action network · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
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Gent · since 1998
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Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 2017
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Spa · since 2021
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Oostrozebeke · since 2011
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Zottegem · since 1986
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Joinery installation · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1987
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Freight transport by road · Zwalm · since 1993
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Anderlues · since 1996
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Brussel · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hasselt · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2004
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Liège · since 1999
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Schaarbeek · since 1981