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.
“DESIGN GROUP”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Herstal · since 2014
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Joinery installation · since 2010
Names that resemble it 50 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Advertising agencies · Bocholt · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Kruisem · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2022
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1988
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Châtelet · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of CHINA EUROPE UNITED TRADING CO · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Kapellen · since 2005
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Halle · since 2026
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2017
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Cawa · Vocational training · Liège · since 2023
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Development of residential building projects · Harelbeke · since 2022
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General cleaning of buildings · Keerbergen · since 2010
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Merchtem · since 2012
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General construction of residential buildings · Zaventem · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of MEDI IMMO · Vervaardiging van overige farmaceutische producten · Waterloo · since 2013
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Other building finishing work · since 2017
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2018
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Finishing of textiles · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of L2 Coiffure & Beauté SRL · Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Libin · since 2009
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2007
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Advertising agencies · since 2007
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Beersel · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Lobbes · since 2025
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · since 2021
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Profondeville · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · Liège · since 1996
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Paris · since 2016
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Advertising agencies · Harelbeke · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of FERLI · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Kuurne · since 2017
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Name of an establishment · Machining of metals · Kortrijk · since 2017
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Name of an establishment · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Schaarbeek · since 2018
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Dust Extraction International Group · Activities of holding companies · Deerlijk · since 2019
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Joinery installation · Beringen · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Brussel · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met gespecialiseerde bouwnijverheid · Lievegem · since 2022
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Other information technology and computer services · Oostende · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Niklaas · since 2010
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Schaarbeek · since 2007
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mons · since 2024
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Antwerpen · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · Aartselaar · since 2024
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since 2018
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since 2022
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Genk · since 2020
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Brugge · since 1958