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.
“DRETO”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Tervuren · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of GVO SERVICE · Activities of holding companies · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2010
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Retail sale of household furniture · Leuven · since 1997
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Tremelo · since 1998
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Maaseik · since 2017
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2018
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Roofing work · Pajottegem · since 2019
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General medical practice · Baarle-Hertog · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2023
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Name of an establishment · Joinery installation · Hoogstraten · since 2010
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Other education · since 1994
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1992
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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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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2017
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2005