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.
“DENCEL”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Philippeville · since 2010
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1985
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Full-service restaurants · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of MATTHEUS - WILLEMSENS · Dental practice · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2021
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Computer programming · Aalter · since 2021
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Other building finishing work · Evere · since 2011
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General construction of residential buildings · Beersel · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Arlon · since 2025
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Brussel · since 2021
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Niel · since 1998
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Hairdressing and barber services · Leuven · since 2013
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Other business support services · Heusden-Zolder · since 2024
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Computer programming · Roosdaal · since 2000
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Leuven · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Dental practice · Namur · since 2020
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Design and construction of stages and sets · since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · Schaarbeek · since 2011
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Tienen · since 2026
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Other construction installation · Wemmel · since 2020
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Other business support services · Maldegem · since 2021
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Other business support services · Mons · since 2008
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Lier · since 1961