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.
“De Route”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Bertem · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · since 1997
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Full-service restaurants · Stekene · since 2025
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Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Menen · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of Huisartsenpraktijk De Route · General medical practice · Assenede · since 2015
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since 1979
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Deerlijk · since 2025
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General medical practice · Assenede · since 2022
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Physiotherapy · Destelbergen · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brugge · since 2026
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Other social work without accommodation · Charleroi · since 2026
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Construction of roads and motorways · Liège · since 2002
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zonnebeke · since 2011
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Specialist medical practice · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2005
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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Mixed farming · Haaltert · since 2022
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Other cleaning activities · Erquelinnes · since 1980
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Deinze · since 1987
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Maasmechelen · since 2019
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2022
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2023
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Tielt · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2019
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Tielt · since 2020
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Dental practice · Assenede · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · since 2002
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Plumbing work · Incourt · since 2021
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since 2006
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Painting of buildings · Deinze · since 1969
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Insurance agents and brokers · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1992
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Torhout · since 1994
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Zemst · since 1999
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Freight transport by road · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2002
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General electrical installation work · Schoten · since 2013
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Interior design · since 2015
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Affligem · since 2017
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Veurne · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Landen · since 2020
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Zonnebeke · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2022
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Other education · since 2024
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Machining of metals · since 2003
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Inland freight water transport · since 2005
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Plumbing work · since 2006
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Roofing work · Dendermonde · since 2025
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · Heuvelland · since 2020
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Gent · since 2023