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 Student”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hasselt · since 1990
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Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2024
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hilversum · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of MARVA · Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Elsene · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of D. & T. · Other construction installation · Gent · since 1990
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Dental practice · Gent · since 2016
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2011
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Retail sale of games and toys · Herzele · since 2012
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Kunstencentrum De Studio - Villanella · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Destelbergen · since 1996
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Computer programming · Etterbeek · since 2000
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Asse · since 2001
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Eeklo · since 2017
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Sports and recreation education · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2018
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since 1995
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Overige activiteiten met betrekking tot kinderopvang · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of Webrose · Advertising agencies · Brecht · since 2020
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Other sports activities · Ingelmunster · since 2020
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Other education · Hoogstraten · since 2024
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Event catering · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Namur.kot - Agence Immobilière student · Namur · since 2012
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Dental practice · Waregem · since 2023
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Other personal services · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oostende · since 2016
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Activiteiten van dagcentra voor volwassenen met een lichamelijke handicap, met inbegrip van ambulante hulpverlening · Mortsel · since 2019
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Geraardsbergen · since 1998
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Proefboren en boren · Rijkevorsel · since 2013
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Abbreviation of DEVELOPPEMENT, ENTRAIDE, SOLIDARITE DANS LE TRAVAIL · Gerpinnes · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Dest International · Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Brussel · since 2023
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2023
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1995