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.
“DERPA”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Nivelles · since 1979
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Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Torhout · since 1982
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1989
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van andere machines voor specifieke doeleinden n.e.g. · Nivelles · since 2013
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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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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of GENESTE · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lasne · since 1967
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Market research and public opinion polling · Schoten · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · since 1968
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Other financial services · Nivelles · since 2018
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since 1966
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Logistics services · Brussel · since 1979
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since 1988
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Machining of metals · Oudenburg · since 1988
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Aalter · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Kapellen · since 1999
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 1995
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Vermogensbeheer · Brecht · since 2014
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Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2006
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 1971
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2017
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Screed work · since 1996
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Bewerken van diamant · since 1997