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.
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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Activities of bailiffs · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Kapellen · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Danish Interpretation Systems A/S · Copenhagen · since 2006
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ganshoren · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2016
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Herstal · since 1986
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Abbreviation of DESIGN AND INTERFACE FOR SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Lasne · since 1989
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Heusden-Zolder · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of Dauphine · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Deinze · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van machines en apparaten voor klimaatregeling, voor niet-huishoudelijk gebruik · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1983
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Office administrative and support services · Elsene · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Alken · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van kantoorbenodigdheden van papier · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van gebreide en gehaakte stoffen · Koksijde · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2000
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Lochristi · since 2008
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2011
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Elsene · since 1971
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Abbreviation of DAENINCK INVESTMENTS AND SERVICES · Activities of holding companies · Deinze · since 1997
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Abbreviation of DATA INSURANCE SERVICES · Computer programming · Kontich · since 2002
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Hairdressing and barber services · Kalmthout · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Dynamic Instrument Services · Vervaardiging van meet-, controle- en navigatie-instrumenten en -apparatuur · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Daems Inspection Service · Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · Kontich · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Dorfinteressen Schoppen · Cafés and bars · Amel · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Vzw Discovid · Socio-cultural adult education · Westerlo · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2015
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Other membership organisations · Mechelen · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Tremelo · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Vilvoorde · since 2016
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Ganshoren · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · Keerbergen · since 2023
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Oudergem · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 1992
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Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · Elsene · since 1989
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Abbreviation of DOMUS INTERIEUR SOLUTIONS · Retail sale of household furniture · since 2022
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Abbreviation of DISTRIBUTION AGRICOLE · Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Andenne · since 1989