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.
“DERK”
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
3 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 · Genk · since 1986
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Translation services · since 2000
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2009
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of DERKO Consult · Business and other management consultancy · Pajottegem · since 2007
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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 VERENIGING VAN MEDEEIGENAARS GEBOUW VAN DE RESIDENTIE DE HERK GROOTSTRAAT 33-35 te 3570 ALKEN · Alken · since 2002
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Tienen · since 2013
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General medical practice · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Hasselt · since 2007
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Abbreviation of DEVELOPPEMENT D'ENERGIE RENOUVELABLE · Oud-Heverlee · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of VAN LOOY Vastgoed · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Bonheiden · since 2010
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Brasschaat · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Temse · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of VIASYL · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Other retail sale of food · Oostende · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · since 2001
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General construction of residential buildings · Oostende · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · De Haan · since 2010
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Merksplas · since 2006
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Abbreviation of TREFPUNT DE RAAF · Aartselaar · since 1973
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Other cleaning activities · Erquelinnes · since 1980
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Deinze · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Lede · since 1996
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Oudsbergen · since 1998
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Development of residential building projects · Middelkerke · since 2002
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1996
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Abbreviation of DESIGN EVENTS RENOVATION ARCHITECTURE · Activities of building architects · Elsene · since 2014
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Maasmechelen · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Izegem · since 2019
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Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2022
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2023
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Tielt · since 2024
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Other financial services · Haaltert · since 2025
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Eupen · since 1998
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Other personal services · since 2019
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Lendelede · since 2015
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Advertising agencies · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2019
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Gent · since 2023