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.
“DePaRes”
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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Development of non-residential building projects · Brakel · since 2019
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Abbreviation of De Parel Tiegem · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Anzegem · since 2015
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Sports and recreation education · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · since 1991
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Nursing and midwifery · Meise · since 2012
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Web portal activities · Plombières · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Parochiecentrum Rode Eversem Limbos · Overige accommodatie · Meise · since 2025
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Stad Kortrijk · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Kortrijk · since 1968
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 1968
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Anderlecht · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of MARIAGAARDE · Real estate agency activities · Temse · since 1989
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Ieper · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Gent · since 2026
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Deinze · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2000
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of Crint Consulting · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kontich · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · since 2021
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Bouw van boven- en ondergrondse spoorwegen · Ronse · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Aalst · since 1989
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Haaltert · since 1992
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Seraing · since 1998
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Event catering · Deinze · since 2015
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Joinery installation · Pelt · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Lokeren · since 2008
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2013
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2018
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Other building finishing work · Steenokkerzeel · since 2003
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Brussel · since 1983
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Sint-Truiden · since 1991
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Joinery installation · Evergem · since 1999
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Charleroi · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Mouscron · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · since 2011
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General electrical installation work · Vorst · since 2012
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Middelkerke · since 2005
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Plastering work · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2007
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Fauvillers · since 2024
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Aalst · since 2025
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Anderlecht · since 1987