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.
“DENY”
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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Deerlijk · since 1987
Names that resemble it 61 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Bouw van water- en gasdistributienetten · Gent · since 1976
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General construction of residential buildings · Ledegem · since 1986
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Tielt · since 1999
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Gent · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Zulte · since 2005
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Insulation installation · Wervik · since 2008
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Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Kortrijk · since 1997
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General electrical installation work · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2022
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Other specialised construction activities · Overijse · since 2022
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Mechelen · since 2011
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Other building finishing work · Evere · since 2011
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Menen · since 2012
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Cafés and bars · since 2019
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Abbreviation of INTERPROFESSIONELE ARCHITECTENVENNOOTSCHAP DESIGN EN ENGINEERING · Activities of building architects · Aarschot · since 1979
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Haacht · since 1985
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Lievegem · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of D. & T. · Other construction installation · Gent · since 1990
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ternat · since 1991
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Antwerpen · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of ELRENO · General construction of residential buildings · Hove · since 1991
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Jette · since 1992
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Landscape service activities · Frameries · since 1992
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Abbreviation of D en B Flight Center · Vlieg- en vaaronderricht · Wijnegem · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Dans en Expressie · Other amusement and recreation activities · Mechelen · since 1994
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General construction of residential buildings · Aalter · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Niel · since 1998
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Diest · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of D & D · Activities of holding companies · Houyet · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of Het DENKhuis · Business and other management consultancy · Oostende · since 2001
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Hairdressing and barber services · Leuven · since 2013
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Name of an establishment · Vermogensbeheer · Staden · since 2002
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Activities of head offices · Ieper · since 2019
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Development of residential building projects · Bree · since 2021
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Dental practice · Herenthout · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Boom · since 2009
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2011
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2011
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2012
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Joinery installation · since 2004
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Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · Wingene · since 2005
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Activities of holding companies · Ieper · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Hove · since 2006
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Other business support services · Heusden-Zolder · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2024
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Lier · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Dine en Shine · Torhout · since 2025
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Evergem · since 2025
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Abbreviation of DIVINE ENGINEERING · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Oupeye · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Firma Denys · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Brasschaat · since 1952
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Insurance agents and brokers · Zulte · since 1975
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Abbreviation of FLANDERS TRADE INCORPORATION DENYS EN CO · Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Roeselare · since 1983
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Charleroi · since 2005
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Zulte · since 1950
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Gent · since 1990
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2023
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Wemmel · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of D & H · General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 1982
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Hairdressing and barber services · Ieper · since 2019