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.
“DIRIKA”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Destelbergen · since 1988
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Activities of holding companies · Duffel · since 1993
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Kaprijke · since 2012
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Painting of buildings · Gent · since 2024
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Kapellen · since 1995
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Activities of building architects · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · since 2005
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Sint-Truiden · since 2012
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Niklaas · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Zwevegem · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of MDM · Hairdressing and barber services · Oostende · since 2018
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since 1985
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Mixed farming · Landen · since 1990
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Landen · since 2010
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Risk and damage evaluation · Lochristi · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Bredene · since 2006
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Computer programming · Destelbergen · since 2024
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Freight transport by road · Baelen · since 2025
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1991
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2021
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Gent · since 2017