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.
“DIXIES”
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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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Brasschaat · since 1997
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2011
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SIGNA · since 2017
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of antiques · Zwalm · since 1982
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Vorst · since 1994
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Aalter · since 1997
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Cafés and bars · since 2026
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Advertising agencies · Orp-Jauche · since 1989
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Braine-le-Château · since 1991
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Genéve 1204 · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1997
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2017
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2017
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Haacht · since 2020
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Computer programming · Anderlecht · since 2022
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Computer programming · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2023
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Samenstellen en uitzenden van televisieprogramma’s en distributie van video’s · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · since 1971
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Hemiksem · since 1990
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Ferrières · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Databases and Intranet, eXtranet, Internet Technologies Engineering · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Rixensart · since 1999
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2023