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.
“DIRKIRIS”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Lievegem · since 2001
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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
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 2001
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Overige plantenvermeerdering · Arendonk · since 2003
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Other cleaning activities · since 2026
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Media representation · Gent · since 2016
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Joinery installation · Bree · since 2018
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Abbreviation of De Intensieve Rehabilitatie Kinesist · Nutrition and dietetics services · Tervuren · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of OLEANDER · Insurance agents and brokers · Aalter · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Mechelen · since 2022
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Activities of building architects · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Horebeke · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Direct Keys to Languages · Translation services · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2007
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Hasselt · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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Gent · since 2010