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.
“DOGON”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2004
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Herent · since 1995
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Destelbergen · since 1996
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Computer programming · Lille · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2017
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Fitness centres · Turnhout · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · Maasmechelen · since 2020
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Specialist medical practice · Ciney · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of LOGON LOGOPEDIE · Physiotherapy · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Other software publishing · since 2003
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Other software publishing · since 2003
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Lennik · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Wijnegem · since 2024
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Hasselt · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Etterbeek · since 2010
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of PHISAN · Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Tielt · since 1997
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Cafés and bars · Elsene · since 2013
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Literary creation · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2026
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Lokeren · since 2014
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Employment placement agencies · Boom · since 2022
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Activities of head offices · Tielt-Winge · since 2011
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Abbreviation of D'Oranje Giraffen · Diest · since 2012
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Abbreviation of DESIGN OP NIVEAU · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Diest · since 2026
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since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2016
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Support activities for animal production · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of Alqueria · Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2018
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Other educational support services · Herve · since 2022