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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.

“DOCLES”

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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • DOCLES same name
    Yvoir · since 2024
  • Diocles very similar
    Overijse · since 1981
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2019
  • Development of residential building projects · since 2018
  • DAMOCLES similar
    Torhout · since 2005
  • DOCLO similar
    Lommel · since 2016
  • Doc Lo similar
    Mons · since 2020
  • Docli similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2025
  • DOCLEPIOS similar
    Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2014
  • Doclot similar
    Behandeling van gewassen na de oogst en van zaden voor vermeerdering · Soignies · since 2022
  • Doccle similar
    Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Brussel · since 2012
  • DocLab similar
    Elsene · since 2025
  • Doc.Lut similar
    Namur · since 2025
  • docLLO similar
    Specialist medical practice · Antwerpen · since 2026
  • DOCLUC similar
    Manage · since 2026
  • CLES similar
    Name of an establishment of Gemeente Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1968
  • CLES similar
    Abbreviation of PRESSES UNIVERSITAIRES DE LIEGE · Book publishing · Liège · since 2000
  • C.L.E.S. similar
    Abbreviation of CENTRE LIBERTE EPANOUISSEMENT SOCIAL · La Louvière · since 2001
  • CLES similar
    Abbreviation of CENTRE LAIQUE ENGHIEN - SILLY · Activities of religious organisations · Enghien · since 2001
  • CLES similar
    General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Peer · since 2018
  • C.L.E.S similar
    Abbreviation of Corps Libéré Esprit Sain · Ath · since 2011

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