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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“De Neef, Pascal”

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.

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Same or very similar names

8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    since 2015
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 2013
  • Sole trader very similar
    General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2006
  • Sole trader very similar
    Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2013
  • Sole trader very similar
    Specialist medical practice · since 1991
  • Sole trader very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2022
  • DE NEEF very similar
    Name of an establishment of DE NEEF TUINBOUW · Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Opwijk · since 1981
  • De Neef very similar
    Joinery installation · Essen · since 2020
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Other specialised design activities · since 1984
  • Sole trader similar
    Other building finishing work · since 2012
  • DENYS PASCAL similar
    Activities of notaries · Zwevegem · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    Support activities for crop production · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Mixed farming · since 1992
  • Sole trader similar
    Other building finishing work · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1993
  • Sole trader similar
    Floor and wall tiling · since 2007
  • Sole trader similar
    Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2002
  • Sole trader similar
    Hotels and similar accommodation · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1985
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1986
  • Sole trader similar
    Other education · since 2005
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1993
  • Sole trader similar
    Other business support services · since 2006
  • Sole trader similar
    General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Manufacture of other wood products · since 2014
  • Sole trader similar
    Other information technology and computer services · since 1999
  • DECO PASCAL similar
    Painting of buildings · Koksijde · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1988
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1990
  • Sole trader similar
    Bemiddelingsactiviteiten voor de gespecialiseerde detailhandel · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Cafés and bars · since 2025

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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