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.
“DRHOM”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Dental practice · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of DRH · Retail sale of household furniture · Zoutleeuw · since 2015
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Landscape service activities · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · Brussel · since 2020
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2021
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General medical practice · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2005
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Genk · since 2026
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2020
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Somme-Leuze · since 2020
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Abbreviation of De Rode Hand · Other amusement and recreation activities · Leuven · since 2023
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Other specialised construction activities · Brussel · since 2008
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Specialist medical practice · Brecht · since 2025
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Specialist medical practice · Lanaken · since 2026
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Specialist medical practice · Edegem · since 2012