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.
“DePoTrade”
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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Hotels and similar accommodation · Hulshout · since 2017
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · since 1980
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Freight transport by road · Geraardsbergen · since 1988
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Knokke-Heist · since 1985
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Antwerpen · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · Turnhout · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of Decorline Europe · Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Veterinary services · since 2016
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Brasschaat · since 2019
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Trade name of Depot Stores · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Staden · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · since 1997
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Development of residential building projects · Mechelen · since 2024
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since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 1998
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of DE SCHOORSTEENVEGER · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Tielt · since 1999
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Retail sale of household furniture · Menen · since 2001
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Zaventem · since 2020
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Antwerpen · since 2011
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Retail sale of antiques · Gent · since 2005
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Insurance agents and brokers · Colfontaine · since 2023
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Activities of head offices · Lichtervelde · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Oosterzele · since 1991
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Mouscron · since 2015
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Activities of building architects · Essen · since 2022
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Joinery installation · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of TOMCAT · Business and other management consultancy · Middelkerke · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van het gebouw De Potaarde Potaardestraat te Niel · Niel · since 1998
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Abbreviation of DEPO Bouw en promotieonderneming · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Brakel · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Lochristi · since 2013
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Oostende · since 2020
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Anderlecht · since 1987
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Elsene · since 1947