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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.

“DOBELMA”

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.

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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

6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • DOBELMA same name
    Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Waimes · since 1993
  • OBELMA very similar
    Abbreviation of OMNIUM BELGO-MAROCAINE · Tanger · since 1993
  • SOBELMA very similar
    Abbreviation of Société Belgo - Maghrebine d'Import - Export · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1978
  • KOBELMA very similar
    Brussel · since 1991
  • SOBELMA very similar
    Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Anderlecht · since 2001
  • SOBELMA very similar
    Abbreviation of SOLIDARITE BELGO-MATETOISE DE LIEGE · Herstal · since 2007
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • since 2017
  • DOBELLAW similar
    Activities of lawyers · Aubel · since 2025
  • DOBEX similar
    Operation of sports facilities · Pecq · since 1984
  • BELMA similar
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Arlon · since 1989
  • BELMA similar
    Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1990
  • DELMA similar
    Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Liège · since 1995
  • DOBER similar
    Development of residential building projects · Kortrijk · since 1997
  • BELMA similar
    Activities of holding companies · Affligem · since 2013
  • BELMA similar
    Abbreviation of ALLIANCE MUSULMANE DE BELGIQUE · Brussel · since 2011
  • DOBES similar
    General electrical installation work · Hasselt · since 2004
  • ELMA similar
    Abbreviation of Enseignement libre à Marche · Vrij gesubsidieerd gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1997
  • ELMA similar
    Harelbeke · since 2002
  • ELMA similar
    General medical practice · Haacht · since 2015
  • ELMA similar
    Activities of lawyers · Kortrijk · since 2016
  • ELMA similar
    Insurance agents and brokers · Mechelen · since 2019
  • ELMA similar
    Oud-Heverlee · since 2009
  • ELMA similar
    Abbreviation of European LGBTQI+ Media Association · Etterbeek · since 2022
  • Elma similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Rotselaar · since 2022
  • ELMA similar
    Abbreviation of Association Européenne des Fabricants de Lécithine · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Etterbeek · since 2023
  • ELMA similar
    Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Pelt · since 2008
  • ELMA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Full-service restaurants · Haacht · since 2020

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