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.
“DORPEX”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other retail sale of food · Anderlecht · since 1987
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Wuustwezel · since 2007
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Activities of lawyers · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2025
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vosselaar · since 2003
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2003
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1971
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Pajottegem · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Droits d'Opposants, Refugiés Politiques et Activistes · Vorst · since 2021
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Zonhoven · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of DC RESTO · Full-service restaurants · Wetteren · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 2005
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Other sports activities · since 2025