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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.

“DOC IBRA”

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

9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • DOC IBRA same name
    Specialist medical practice · Mons · since 2026
  • DOC very similar
    Name of an establishment of Gemeente Lendelede · Winning, behandeling en distributie van water · Lendelede · since 1968
  • D.O.C. very similar
    Name of an establishment of Catalpa · Dental practice · Dilbeek · since 2014
  • DOC very similar
    General medical practice · Aalst · since 2023
  • D.O.C. very similar
    Other amusement and recreation activities · Hasselt · since 2024
  • DOC² very similar
    General medical practice · Spa · since 2026
  • IBRA very similar
    Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2014
  • IBRA very similar
    Abbreviation of IBRA DIENST · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Ronse · since 2024
  • Doc very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Editions Documentaires · Schaarbeek · since 1968
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Docie similar
    Brussel · since 2012
  • Dobra similar
    Activities of holding companies · Berlare · since 2018
  • DOCIG similar
    Insulation installation · Tournai · since 2020
  • DOBRA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Diest · since 1992

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