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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“Debutec”

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.

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Same or very similar names

5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Debutec same name
    General electrical installation work · Ledegem · since 2017
  • DEBATEC very similar
    General electrical installation work · Anzegem · since 2014
  • MEBUTEC very similar
    General electrical installation work · Ieper · since 2018
  • Gebutec very similar
    Repair and maintenance of machinery · Brakel · since 2023
  • REBUTEC very similar
    Vervaardiging van computers en randapparatuur · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2025
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • DEBUT similar
    Namur · since 1987
  • DEBUTO similar
    Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Activiteiten op het gebied van ergotherapie · since 2024
  • DEBUTRAC similar
    Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Aalter · since 2004
  • DEBUS similar
    Activities of holding companies · Lier · since 1983
  • De Bus similar
    Logistics services · Vleteren · since 1989
  • DE BUE similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Ukkel · since 1998
  • Sole trader similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2012
  • DE BUF similar
    Vervaardiging van andere machines voor specifieke doeleinden n.e.g. · Oostkamp · since 2016
  • De Bus similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2004
  • DEBUD similar
    Event catering · Beerse · since 2023
  • Sole trader similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Inland freight water transport · since 1985

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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