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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.

“DOTC”

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.

  • Activities of interior architects · since 2020
  • DOTC same name
    Abbreviation of De Ontknoping Therapeutisch Centrum · Physiotherapy · Gent · since 2024
  • DOTC same name
    Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Sint-Niklaas · since 2026
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • dot.com similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Kuurne · since 1991
  • DOT similar
    Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Gerpinnes · since 1998
  • DOT similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tervuren · since 2014
  • @ DOT similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Mol · since 2018
  • Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2002
  • DOTCOM similar
    Web portal activities · Herve · since 2019
  • Other business support services · since 2019
  • dotcom similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2020
  • dOT similar
    Other membership organisations · Schaarbeek · since 2022
  • DOT similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2023
  • DOTCOM similar
    Abbreviation of BUROO.DOT.COM · Other business support services · Kuurne · since 2026
  • DOTCAME similar
    Computer programming · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2009
  • DOT-I similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2002
  • Dots similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Antwerpen · since 2015
  • DOTH similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2018
  • DOTS similar
    Uitgeven van computerspellen · Berloz · since 2018
  • Dota similar
    Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Herselt · since 2019
  • Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
  • DOTA similar
    Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2021
  • DOT8 similar
    Web portal activities · Maldegem · since 2023
  • @Dott similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Wetteren · since 2011
  • DOTR similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ninove · since 2025
  • Dotcom-It similar
    Computer programming · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2016
  • dotcircle similar
    Computer programming · Gent · since 2022
  • DOT (sole trader) similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Cafés and bars · since 2018

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