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Name check

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.

“DOTODOC”

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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • DOTODOC same name
    General medical practice · Genk · since 2020
  • MOTODOC very similar
    Trade name of CREBO · Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · Wavre · since 1992
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • DOC similar
    Name of an establishment of Gemeente Lendelede · Winning, behandeling en distributie van water · Lendelede · since 1968
  • D.O.C. similar
    Name of an establishment of Catalpa · Dental practice · Dilbeek · since 2014
  • DOC similar
    General medical practice · Aalst · since 2023
  • D.O.C. similar
    Other amusement and recreation activities · Hasselt · since 2024
  • DOC² similar
    General medical practice · Spa · since 2026
  • dot to dot similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Alken · since 2021
  • DOTO - A similar
    Wholesale of other food products · Oostende · since 1993
  • Doc similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Editions Documentaires · Schaarbeek · since 1968

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