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.
“DRE”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Mouscron · since 2003
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Abbreviation of DRE Import-Export · Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Etterbeek · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Devolder Real Estate · Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2019
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Halen · since 2020
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Abbreviation of DR Engineering · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Braives · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Drag Reduction Entity · Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Development of residential building projects · Beersel · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Dust Running Events · Other sports activities · Stekene · since 2025
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Veterinary services · Gent · since 2025
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Abbreviation of DIVOS REAL ESTATE · General construction of residential buildings · Keerbergen · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Aarschot · since 2025
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · since 2016
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Specialist medical practice · Hasselt · since 2023
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2024
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Freight transport by road · Anderlecht · since 2013
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Abbreviation of NUCMED · Specialist medical practice · Waterloo · since 2015
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General electrical installation work · since 2016
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Ducal Real Estate Investment · Brussel · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Brussel · Service activities incidental to land transportation · Brussel · since 1968
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Liège · since 1983
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Raeren · since 1987
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Removal services · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Retail sale of household furniture · Leuven · since 1997
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Retail sale of household furniture · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Cafés and bars · Dilbeek · since 2013
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Groothandel in levende dieren, muv levend vee · Herent · since 2014
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 2015
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Abbreviation of DREAM MANAGEMENT · Elsene · since 2015
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Howald · since 2007
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · since 2012
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Jalhay · since 2017
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Tielt · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Maaseik · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Des racines et des liens · Gesves · since 2018
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General medical practice · Hasselt · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2016
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Roofing work · Pajottegem · since 2019
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Manufacture of other wood products · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of GSS TRANSPORT · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lievegem · since 2020
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Schoten · since 2021
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General medical practice · Baarle-Hertog · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Vilvoorde · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Tervuren · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · Aalst · since 2023
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Other information technology and computer services · Overijse · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of GVO SERVICE · Activities of holding companies · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2010
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Joinery installation · Hoogstraten · since 2010
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Koekelare · since 2011
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of Stratton Oakmont Capital · Other information technology and computer services · Sint-Niklaas · since 2007
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General medical practice · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Ronse · since 2025
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Maldegem · since 2026
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since 2007
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Market research and public opinion polling · Zele · since 2000