Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“De Rode Pomp”

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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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

5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

De Rode Pomp same name

Gent · since 1998
De Pomp very similar

Rumst · since 1973
DE POMP (sole trader) very similar

Full-service restaurants · since 1977
DE POMP very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Bertem · since 1991
DE RODE very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Activities of lawyers · Liège · since 2011

Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

DE RODE POORT similar

Zwevegem · since 1990
DE RODE POORT similar

Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1992
DE RODE POORT similar

Mixed farming · Diksmuide · since 1994
DE RODE POORT similar

Retail sale of antiques · Lommel · since 2022
DE RODE PUB similar

Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 1990
De Rode Roos similar

Leopoldsburg · since 1963
Derodeco (sole trader) similar

Painting of buildings · since 2024
De Roode Poort similar

Name of an establishment of Ministeries van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap · Overheden van gemeenschappen en gewesten · Brussel · since 1980
De Roode Poort (sole trader) similar

Mixed farming · since 1989
De Pompoen similar

Blankenberge · since 1985
DE RODE ZEE similar

Hasselt · since 1985
DE RODE ZEE similar

Full-service restaurants · Schilde · since 2015
De Pompier similar

Aalst · since 2023
DE RO similar

Other cleaning activities · Erquelinnes · since 1980
DERO similar

Deinze · since 1987
DEPO similar

Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brugge · since 1989
Dero similar

Maasmechelen · since 2019
DEPO similar

Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Oostende · since 2020
DERO similar

Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2022
De-Ro similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Gent · since 2023

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