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 Singer”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Rijkevorsel · since 2003
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Other education · Antwerpen · since 1982
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Name of an establishment of KIMSA · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Cafés and bars · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of ESPACE MACHINES A COUDRE · Other retail sale of new goods · Etterbeek · since 1991
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 1990
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2010
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Halen · since 2010
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Support activities for crop production · Koksijde · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of DESIGN UP · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Châtelet · since 2024
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Event catering · Mortsel · since 2015
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Computer programming · Herent · since 2018
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2018
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Other sports activities · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · Mechelen · since 1988
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Gent · since 2016
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Podiatry and foot care · since 1988
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Wholesale of timber · Gent · since 1990
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General electrical installation work · Vorselaar · since 1992
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Anderlecht · since 2019
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Diest · since 1972
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Abbreviation of DEMOCRACY & ELECTIONS SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL · Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1992
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Landscape service activities · since 2007
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · since 2023
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1975
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Antwerpen · since 2015