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.
“DUBBELL”
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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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Gent · since 2022
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Brugge · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of Bimec · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hasselt · since 1990
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Cafés and bars · Oostende · since 2000
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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Gent · since 2005
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · Denderleeuw · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Lochristi · since 2025
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Westerlo · since 1992
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Other information service activities · Bertem · since 2021
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Graphic design and visual communication · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · Brasschaat · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Maarkedal · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of BENEKO · Other retail sale of new goods · Baarle-Hertog · since 2003
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2014
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Veterinary services · Laakdal · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of SWCK · Advertising agencies · Zemst · since 2022
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Mechelen · since 2026
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Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · Oostende · since 1993
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Other business support services · Schaarbeek · since 2019
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Abbreviation of GGP Dubellay · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Tervuren · since 2013
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BEDUM · since 2016
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 1988
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · since 1994
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Literary creation · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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Other software publishing · since 2004