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Is your company name still free?

Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“DOUVAL”

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.

Same or very similar names

6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • DOUVAL same name
    La Hulpe · since 2002
  • DU VAL very similar
    Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Jurbise · since 1995
  • DUVAL very similar
    Ondersteunende activiteiten in verband met de aardolie- en aardgaswinning · Antwerpen · since 1996
  • Sole trader very similar
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2018
  • DORVAL very similar
    Mechelen · since 1983
  • LOUVAL very similar
    Activities of head offices · Fléron · since 2009
Names that resemble it 2 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • DOUVE similar
    Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · Heuvelland · since 1994
  • DOUVRE similar
    Schaarbeek · since 1999

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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