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.
“DISCATEX”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 1998
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Retail sale of household furniture · Brussel · since 1981
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Oostende · since 1986
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Gent · since 2019
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Deerlijk · since 1982
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ganshoren · since 1987
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Computer programming · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Gruuthof · Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Jabbeke · since 1985
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2017
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Ternat · since 2020
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · since 1960
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Abbreviation of Deurne Ice Skating Club · Antwerpen · since 1971
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Abbreviation of De Wachter Information Systems and Consulting · Other information technology and computer services · Tervuren · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of DEPREZ INFORMATICA SYSTEMEN CONSULTING · Vervaardiging van computers en randapparatuur · Wevelgem · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Denderland Indoor Sport Club · Football clubs · Ninove · since 2025
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Roeselare · since 1986
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Harelbeke · since 1991
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Kortrijk · since 1999