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.
“DETEMA”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kortrijk · since 2009
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Combined facilities support activities · Aarschot · since 1989
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Ans · since 1991
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Torhout · since 1997
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1997
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Abbreviation of DEVELOPMENT, LEARNING AND MANAGEMENT ADVICE · Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2001
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Name of an establishment · Roofing work · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2015
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General electrical installation work · Zandhoven · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Charleroi · since 2015
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1952
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Stoumont · since 1983
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Waregem · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of M.G.S. · Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Gent · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of SOGEDEC · Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Namur · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Knokke-Heist · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of DEMA - DEMUYNCK ANN · Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Knokke-Heist · since 1992
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Activities of holding companies · Menen · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2019
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 1996
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Machining of metals · Maldegem · since 2022
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Nursing and midwifery · Zedelgem · since 2023
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Abbreviation of DIALOQUE EURO-MEDITERRANEEN ASSOCIATION · Brussel · since 2010
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Dilbeek · since 2011
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 1985
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Joinery installation · since 2004
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Antwerpen · since 2005
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · since 2025
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Tournai · since 1991
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Logging · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · Oudsbergen · since 2023
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Real estate agency activities · since 2016
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Ledegem · since 2026
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Knokke-Heist · since 1991
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General electrical installation work · Lokeren · since 1993
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Anzegem · since 1993
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Name of an establishment · Cafés and bars · Hamont-Achel · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Anzegem · since 2020
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Groothandel in vloer- en wandtegels · since 2021
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Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · Pepinster · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of SIDERO · Plumbing work · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · Dendermonde · since 2025
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Knokke-Heist · since 1988