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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.

“DR. ASV”

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.

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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.

  • DR. ASV same name
    Specialist medical practice · Bekkevoort · since 2018
  • DRASH very similar
    Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Namur · since 2017
  • Dr. ASR very similar
    General medical practice · Herselt · since 2024
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • D-Ras similar
    Activities of notaries · Kortrijk · since 2019
  • DRASCO similar
    Specialist medical practice · Oudenaarde · since 2024
  • D.R.A. similar
    Mechelen · since 1939
  • DRA similar
    Abbreviation of Devaux, Roland Associés · Verstrekken van hypothecair krediet · Brussel · since 1981
  • D.R.A. similar
    Abbreviation of Digitale Regio Aalst · Aalst · since 1996
  • DRA similar
    Vervaardiging van kunststofartikelen voor de bouw · Hasselt · since 2015
  • DRA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2019
  • D.R.A. similar
    Abbreviation of De Reigerie Advising · Openbaar bestuur op het gebied van het bedrijfsleven; stimuleren van het bedrijfsleven · Jabbeke · since 2021
  • DRA similar
    Lebbeke · since 2011
  • DRA similar
    Abbreviation of DR ALSTER ASBL · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Elsene · since 2025
  • Vervaardiging van machines voor de landbouw en de bosbouw · since 2025
  • DRA similar
    Abbreviation of DEAD RABBITS ASBL · Fauvillers · since 2026
  • DRASTIC similar
    Vervaardiging van platen, vellen, buizen en profielen van kunststof · Leopoldsburg · since 1992
  • DR. A. SMET similar
    Mortsel · since 2005
  • General medical practice · Farciennes · since 2019
  • Specialist medical practice · Beringen · since 2025

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