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.
“DUGAVAN”
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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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Koekelare · since 2001
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Waregem · since 1968
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Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 1988
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Other financial services · Oostende · since 1989
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Huldenberg · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2013
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Brugge · since 2017
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Name of Kinderen Vantieghem-Speleers · Vermogensbeheer · Avelgem · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · Halle · since 2023
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Groothandel in andere intermediaire producten, n.e.g. · LUXEMBOURG · since 2012
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Other specialised construction activities · Ronse · since 2005
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Oostende · since 1991
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2026
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Tournai · since 1990