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.
“DISTIEN”
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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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Ledegem · since 2009
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Lubbeek · since 2010
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Podiatry and foot care · since 2025
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Visual arts creation · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Peer · since 2017
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2026
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Abbreviation of DIST Admin · Other business support services · Dendermonde · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Stabroek · since 2004
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Roofing work · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Oostende · since 1931
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Activities of holding companies · Aarschot · since 2016
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Activities of interior architects · Haaltert · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anzegem · since 2024
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Development of residential building projects · Dilbeek · since 2015
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 1991
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Productie van televisiefilms · Hove · since 2016
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Computer programming · Pelt · since 2021
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since 2011