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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“DIRICT”

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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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

12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • DIRICT same name
    Computer programming · Destelbergen · since 2024
  • DIRICK very similar
    Mixed farming · Landen · since 1990
  • DIRICO very similar
    Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Landen · since 2010
  • DIRICK very similar
    Freight transport by road · Baelen · since 2025
  • DIRIT very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Niklaas · since 2012
  • DIRECT very similar
    Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Heusden-Zolder · since 1990
  • Other business support services · since 2014
  • Business and other management consultancy · since 2019
  • DIRECT very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hoogstraten · since 2012
  • Diract very similar
    Market research and public opinion polling · Gent · since 2005
  • DI-RECT very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Merchtem · since 2006
  • Other information technology and computer services · since 2025
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • DIRI similar
    Activities of building architects · Antwerpen · since 2022
  • DISTRICT similar
    Brussel · since 1987
  • District similar
    Name of an establishment of Soepriem · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2019
  • Dirix similar
    Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Sint-Truiden · since 2012
  • DIRIS similar
    Activities of holding companies · Zwevegem · since 2016
  • DIRIS similar
    Name of an establishment of MDM · Hairdressing and barber services · Oostende · since 2018
  • DIRIKA similar
    Full-service restaurants · Destelbergen · since 1988
  • DIRIBO similar
    Risk and damage evaluation · Lochristi · since 2003
  • DIRIGO similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Bredene · since 2006

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