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.
“DEN HOUT”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 1993
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Abbreviation of DEN HOUT FRIT · Full-service restaurants · Merksplas · since 2024
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Raising of dairy cattle · Maaseik · since 2005
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Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2014
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · Sint-Niklaas · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of PENSIONSTAL DE GOUDBLOMME · Raising of horses and other equines · Brugge · since 2010
Names that resemble it 50 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ieper · since 2022
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2018
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Sint-Truiden · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Iconic Events · Other amusement and recreation activities · Waregem · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · since 2022
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Joinery installation · since 2022
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Ondersteunende diensten in verband met de bosbouw · Rumst · since 2008
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Ranst · since 2007
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Wielsbeke · since 1981
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Roosdaal · since 1984
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Other membership organisations · Waregem · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kalmthout · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · Boom · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of KADE · Cafés and bars · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2001
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Cafés and bars · since 2014
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Cafés and bars · since 2014
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Landscape service activities · Herk-de-Stad · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of VIRO · Instellingen met huisvesting voor minderjarigen met een mentale handicap · Brugge · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Sochris · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2019
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of NIFRE · Cafés and bars · Olen · since 2009
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Rijkevorsel · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 1979
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Gent · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of ELODIE · Cafés and bars · Wingene · since 2024
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Other business support services · Kraainem · since 2024
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Kuurne · since 2024
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Event catering · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of BONANZA · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Cafés and bars · Pepingen · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 1988
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Damme · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of DMC Antwerpen · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kontich · since 1994
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Wholesale of timber · Deinze · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · Schoten · since 2011
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · Sint-Laureins · since 2011
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2005
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · Laakdal · since 2006
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Office administrative and support services · Leuven · since 2007
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Cafés and bars · since 2026
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Turnhout · since 1991
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Coating of metals · Poperinge · since 2002
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tremelo · since 2018
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Kortrijk · since 1982
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Hasselt · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of D & H · General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 1982