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.
“DEMOSTRA”
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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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Sprimont · since 2006
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Deinze · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of Etablissements Demostrate · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 1967
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Development of residential building projects · Stekene · since 1984
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Other specialised construction activities · Zandhoven · since 2009
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Alveringem · since 2012
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Freight transport by road · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1975
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van verpakkingsmateriaal van kunststof · Edegem · since 2007
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Combined facilities support activities · Balen · since 1976
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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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Nursing and midwifery · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hasselt · since 2021
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since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2004
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Other information technology and computer services · Brussel · since 2005
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Other specialised construction activities · Sint-Truiden · since 2000