Name check

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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.

“DESPI”

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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

10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

DESPI same name

Land surveying · Oostrozebeke · since 2007
De Spin very similar

Grobbendonk · since 1956
DESPIL very similar

Activities of interior architects · Antwerpen · since 1987
De Spil very similar

Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Roeselare · since 1994
DE SPIL (sole trader) very similar

Full-service restaurants · since 1995
De Spie very similar

Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van het gebouw De Spie Binnensteenweg 224 te Boechout · Boechout · since 2007
De Spin (sole trader) very similar

Advertising agencies · since 2008
DESPA very similar

Hairdressing and barber services · Roeselare · since 2022
DESPO very similar

Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Genk · since 2004
DESPI-CARE very similar

Brussel · since 2022

Names that resemble it 46 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

De Spits similar

Activiteiten van watersportclubs · Nieuwpoort · since 1978
De Spikes similar

Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2009
DE SPINDE (sole trader) similar

Full-service restaurants · since 1987
DESPIERE similar

Other software publishing · Izegem · since 2006
De Spiegel similar

Name of an establishment of Nieuwland · Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Brugge · since 1972
De Spinsch similar

Lede · since 1994
DE SPIRAAL similar

Oud-Turnhout · since 2000
DE SPIEGEL (sole trader) similar

Hairdressing and barber services · since 1987
DE SPIEGEL similar

Andere instellingen met huisvesting voor personen met een mentale handicap of psychiatrische problemen en voor drugs- en alcoholverslaafden · Leuven · since 2003
De Spiegel (sole trader) similar

Full-service restaurants · since 2024
De Spar similar

Landscape service activities · Brasschaat · since 1992
DE SPOR similar

Cafés and bars · Hasselt · since 1997
DESPRO similar

Abbreviation of Dender Sport Promotions · Retail sale of other sporting goods · Denderleeuw · since 2017
DESPAS similar

Business and other management consultancy · Houyet · since 2019
Despat similar

Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Oostkamp · since 2022
D.E.S. similar

Abbreviation of DANNY'S ELECTRONICS SHOP · Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Vilvoorde · since 1984
DES similar

Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Schilde · since 1990
DES (sole trader) similar

Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 1997
DES similar

Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2015
D.E.S. (sole trader) similar

Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 1994
D.E.S. (sole trader) similar

Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2020
D.E.S. similar

Abbreviation of Driemo Estate Services · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Izegem · since 2021
DES similar

Etterbeek · since 2021
DES similar

Abbreviation of De Speekerkes · Other amusement and recreation activities · Zulte · since 2022
DES similar

Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Vilvoorde · since 2022
D.E.S. similar

Full-service restaurants · Mouscron · since 2012
D.E.S. similar

Abbreviation of DENORME ENERGY SYSTEM · Business and other management consultancy · Héron · since 2004
DES (sole trader) similar

General electrical installation work · since 2005
D.E.S. similar

Business and other management consultancy · Oosterzele · since 2024
DES similar

Name of an establishment of SULTANA NIGAR · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2025
De Spionkop similar

Brugge · since 1973
DE SMEDT S.P.I. similar

Dilbeek · since 2020
Despic, Eric (sole trader) similar

Other personal services · since 2008
DE SPUYE similar

Name of an establishment of Associatie voor Logistieke en Economische Activiteiten · Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 1991
De Spaak similar

Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1994
DE SPOED similar

Andere drinkgelegenheden · Antwerpen · since 2002
DESPE SPA similar

TORRE DE ROVERI · since 2013
DE SPUYE similar

Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2014
DE SPORT (sole trader) similar

Full-service restaurants · since 1986
Despues similar

Vermogensbeheer · Bocholt · since 2013
De Spil Ronse similar

Ronse · since 1993
DE SPINNEKOP (sole trader) similar

Full-service restaurants · since 1994
De Spioenkop (sole trader) similar

Cafés and bars · since 2016
De Spijzerij (sole trader) similar

Event catering · since 2021
DE SPIEGEL similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Full-service restaurants · since 1999
D.E.S. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Abbreviation of Dust Solutions Equipment Services · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Roeselare · since 2014

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