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.
“DIKO”
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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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Brecht · since 1979
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Diestse keukenonderneming · Joinery installation · Diest · since 2003
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Sint-Truiden · since 2011
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Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · since 2023
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Deulen In Konderen · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Gent · since 2023
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Dop Is Kwijt · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Aarschot · since 2026
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Materials recovery from waste · since 2026
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Kapellen · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · Ukkel · since 2020
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Schaarbeek · since 2016
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Anzegem · since 2011
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Boom · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · Oudenburg · since 2026
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Tienen · since 2006
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General medical practice · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2000
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Roeselare · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Zandhoven · since 2015
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Herentals · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2021
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Gent · since 2017