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.
“DETAFORM”
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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Vervaardiging van fineer en van panelen op basis van hout · Menen · since 1982
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Logging · Bastogne · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2022
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of DEFORM ARCHITECTS · Activities of building architects · Lummen · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Lubbeek · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Deinze · since 1991
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Interior design · since 2017
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Mechelen · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of Maatschap De Tafel · Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Diest · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Wevelgem · since 1963
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since 1976
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1990
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Socio-cultural adult education · Gent · since 2023
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Abbreviation of DAUBY et ASSOCIES · Fauvillers · since 2005
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2026