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.
“DSM17”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tubize · since 2018
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Heerlen · since 1971
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Liedekerke · since 1990
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Joinery installation · Büllingen · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Distribution Service Métal · Vervaardiging van buizen, pijpen, holle profielen en fittings daarvoor, van staal · Liège · since 2013
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Abbreviation of De Steenen Molen · Full-service restaurants · Brecht · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Davids Sports Management · Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2015
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Joinery installation · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Direct Sales Marketing · Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Dental Seminars & Missions · Herentals · since 2009
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Abbreviation of De Straffe Madammen · Anzegem · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of DISTRIBUTION SERVICES-MESSAGERIE · Logistics services · Walcourt · since 2007
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Abbreviation of De Smokkelaars Maldegem · Maldegem · since 2023
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Plumbing work · Knokke-Heist · since 2010