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.
“DERCA”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Zuienkerke · since 1996
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Plastering work · Pajottegem · since 2003
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Ieper · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schilde · since 1986
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Specialist medical practice · Tienen · since 2018
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Inland freight water transport · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Namur · since 2018
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Raising of sheep and goats · since 1967
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudenburg · since 2000
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Plastering work · Aarschot · since 2024
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Abbreviation of DANIEL - EMILIE - RITA · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Fléron · since 1990
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Abbreviation of DEVELOPPEMENT D'ENERGIE RENOUVELABLE · Oud-Heverlee · since 2009
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Dendermonde · since 2014
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Nursing and midwifery · Ninove · since 2018
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2026
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Schilde · since 2013
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Heers · since 2024
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Groothandel in installatiemateriaal voor loodgieterswerk en verwarming · Westerlo · since 1968
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Other construction installation · Brugge · since 1990
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Jabbeke · since 1994
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Nursing and midwifery · Beringen · since 2012
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY CARE ASSOCIATION · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2003
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Tyre services · since 1988
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since 2002
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Abbreviation of Antwerpse Eiercoöperatie · Geel · since 1965