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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“DN-E”

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

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2017
  • DNE GMBH same name
    Schnaittenbach · since 2018
  • DN-E same name
    General electrical installation work · Ham · since 2023
  • DNE same namein bankruptcy or liquidation
    Roofing work · since 2022
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • DNE , ENE similar
    Trade name of DR-M · Business and other management consultancy · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2003
  • D.NET similar
    Abbreviation of Dynamic Network · Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2021
  • D.N.E.R. similar
    Other specialised construction activities · Koekelberg · since 2009
  • DNET similar
    Activities of head offices · Aalst · since 2003
  • D-NINE similar
    Tienen · since 2013
  • DNEXX similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2019
  • DNEXI similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2020
  • DN similar
    Abbreviation of Drieske Nijpers · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1976
  • D²N similar
    Abbreviation of D²N sustainable projects · Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Schoten · since 2015
  • DN similar
    Abbreviation of Duisternacht · Jette · since 2020
  • DN similar
    Abbreviation of Digital Native · Other membership organisations · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2021
  • DN similar
    Abbreviation of LES DELICES DE NOEL · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Sambreville · since 2023
  • D@N similar
    Freight transport by road · Soumagne · since 2008

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