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.
“DEWARENT”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Waregem · since 1994
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2012
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Plumbing work · Gent · since 2023
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · since 1982
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Verhuur en lease van vrachtwagens · Brussel · since 2010
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Wingene · since 1991
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General electrical installation work · Kortrijk · since 2006
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Eeklo · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Roeselare · since 2026
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Non-conventional therapeutic services · since 2026
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Turnhout · since 1988
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Maaseik · since 1988
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Gent · since 1989
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Maasmechelen · since 1997
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Other business support services · Roosdaal · since 2011
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Kapellen · since 1980
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Vervaardiging van machines voor de landbouw en de bosbouw · Lochristi · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of D. & T. · Other construction installation · Gent · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of CHRISTIAMITE · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Event catering · Etterbeek · since 2000
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 1987
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Kortrijk · since 2016
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Activities of company auditors · Lummen · since 2019
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2021
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2018
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2011
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Oudenaarde · since 2006
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · Mortsel · since 2017
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Wetteren · since 1990