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.
“DEPANO”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lede · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 1968
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Varkensvetmesterijen · Gistel · since 1984
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Abbreviation of ALGEMENE ONDERNEMING DEPA CONSTRUCT · General construction of residential buildings · Zedelgem · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of TIKKANTOOR DEVANO · Translation services · Lubbeek · since 1993
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Name of an establishment · Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Geraardsbergen · since 2000
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Other specialised design activities · since 1988
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Joinery installation · Stabroek · since 2016
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Other business support services · Aalst · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Niklaas · since 2021
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Landscape service activities · Haaltert · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Wetteren · since 2025
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Aartselaar · since 1973
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Aalst · since 1989
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Haaltert · since 1992
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Seraing · since 1998
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2014
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Event catering · Deinze · since 2015
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1999
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General electrical installation work · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2019
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Joinery installation · Pelt · since 2020
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of De Buck Technologies · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ukkel · since 2022
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Lokeren · since 2008
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Abbreviation of VERENIGING VOOR ONTSPANNING EN VOLKSONTWIKKELING MIDDELKERKE · Middelkerke · since 1984
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ingelmunster · since 2020
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Brussel · since 1983
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Sint-Truiden · since 1991
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Joinery installation · Evergem · since 1999
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Charleroi · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Mouscron · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · since 2011
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Plastering work · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2007
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Fauvillers · since 2024
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Ledegem · since 1996
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Sambreville · since 2012
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · since 1996
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · De Panne · since 2024
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Chaudfontaine · since 2026
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Assenede · since 1971
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Name of an establishment of 'T HOEKSKE · Full-service restaurants · Aalst · since 1985
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Name of an establishment · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Oudenaarde · since 2000
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2001
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Havelange · since 2001
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Kalmthout · since 2015
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1989
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Specialist medical practice · Villers-la-Ville · since 2019
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Huldenberg · since 2009
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Cafés and bars · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of KLAAR - SFEER en TECHNIEK · General electrical installation work · Assenede · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 1979
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Joinery installation · since 2006
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · Vilvoorde · since 2006
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Name of an establishment · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of DHOSSCHE & LEIRENS · Cafés and bars · Wetteren · since 2002