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.
“DOUGLAS DESIGN”
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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Retail sale of household furniture · Morlanwelz · since 2011
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Photography, excluding press photography · Herent · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of Douglas Cosmetics Belgium · Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of DOEGLAS · Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2002
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Schiedam · since 2024
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Forging of metal · Evergem · since 2025
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Activities of interior architects · since 2012
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Retail sale of household furniture · Kruisem · since 2017
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Literary creation · since 2023
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Joinery installation · Châtelet · since 2004
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Vormen en bewerken van vlakglas · Gent · since 2006
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Cuisines ASDesign · Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Awans · since 2016
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van andere meubelen, n.e.g. · Bornem · since 2021
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2018
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Dilbeek · since 2019
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Floor and wall tiling · Morlanwelz · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2017
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Cawa · Vocational training · Liège · since 2023
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Activities of interior architects · Halle · since 2001
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Joinery installation · since 2019
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2022
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Forging of metal · since 2025
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Painting of buildings · since 1994
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Brugge · since 1958