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.
“DRILCO”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Proefboren en boren · Arendonk · since 2009
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Joinery installation · Laakdal · since 2000
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Computer programming · Schoten · since 2023
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Herentals · since 1989
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Cafés and bars · since 2023
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Other information service activities · Brasschaat · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1953
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of SORA · Cafés and bars · Kuurne · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · Kraainem · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Aalst · since 2005
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of WILLEBROEK TRAVEL · Travel agency activities · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1991
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Knokke-Heist · since 1999
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Hasselt · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Lochristi · since 2013