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.
“DISTRIPAINTS”
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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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Kontich · since 2001
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Anderlecht · since 1994
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2026
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Moorslede · since 2001
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in ruwe tabak · since 1995
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Wholesale of other food products · Raeren · since 2012
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Roubaix · since 1999
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Painting of buildings · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2021
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Kraainem · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Kontich · since 2021
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Thimister-Clermont · since 2009
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Elsene · since 2025
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Retail sale of household furniture · Quaregnon · since 1978
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2011
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since 1991
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Wholesale of timber · Mettet · since 2022
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1994
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2012
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Brussel · since 2005
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Advertising agencies · Zaventem · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of Trapaca · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Waasmunster · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Vennootschap voor Distributiebevordering van Meubelen · Other business support services · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1979
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Groothandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Roeselare · since 1989
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Activities of holding companies · Neufchâteau · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2021
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Brussel · since 2023
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Elsene · since 2008
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · since 2007
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Beringen · since 2023
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Jette · since 1994
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Charleroi · since 2012
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · since 2010