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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“DEV.CAU”

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.

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Same or very similar names

7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • DEV.CAU same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2011
  • DEV-CAR very similar
    Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · Schaarbeek · since 2006
  • DevCap very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Maasmechelen · since 2023
  • DELCAU very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Silly · since 2010
  • DEV very similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 1994
  • dev+ very similar
    Computer programming · Laarne · since 2015
  • DEV very similar
    Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Vorst · since 2004
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • DEV-CARE similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Vilvoorde · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2026
  • DEVCO similar
    Activities of holding companies · Bierbeek · since 2000
  • DEVCO similar
    Las Vegas Nevada 89126 · since 2001
  • Sole trader similar
    Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2006
  • DEVCON similar
    Activities of building architects · Sint-Niklaas · since 2014
  • DEVCOT similar
    Lille · since 1992
  • DEVCOM similar
    Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Theux · since 2016
  • DEV-CON similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Zulte · since 2025

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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