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.
“DONCA”
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.
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Activities of holding companies · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2021
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Growing of flowers · Roeselare · since 1992
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Zonnebeke · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of SCHRAEPEN E. · Site preparation · Schilde · since 2016
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2018
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Paliseul · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of BRILTOUR · Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Ieper · since 2013
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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 DESIGN OP NIVEAU · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Diest · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of INDIRA · Full-service restaurants · Hoegaarden · since 1998
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1991
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Roeselare · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Purmerend · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1998
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Seneffe · since 2023