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.
“DORNA”
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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Verviers · since 2006
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Diest · since 2026
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 1977
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Grez-Doiceau · since 1989
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Gent · since 1992
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Raising of sheep and goats · Berlare · since 1993
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Mixed farming · Pittem · since 1994
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Abbreviation of European Operating Room Nurses Association · Activities of professional membership organisations · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1996
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Duffel · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Mons · since 2013
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Abbreviation of DERMATOLOGIE & OTO-RHINO LARYNGOLOGIE CARNIERES · Morlanwelz · since 2014
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Psychology services · Genk · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Droits d'Opposants, Refugiés Politiques et Activistes · Vorst · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Ninove · since 2007
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Other business support services · Oostkamp · since 2025
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Other tax advisory services · Oostende · since 2011
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Antwerpen · since 1991
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other personal services · since 2026
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2012
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Abbreviation of d' Ostendsche Revue · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Oostende · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Genk · since 2021
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Germering · since 1986
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 2007
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since 2021
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Manufacture of jewellery · Elsene · since 2018
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Antwerpen · since 2015
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Other specialised design activities · since 2024
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Computer programming · Brussel · since 1974