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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Decetal”

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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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

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Decetal same name
    Herentals · since 1969
  • DEMETAL very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kortrijk · since 2000
  • DECEBAL very similar
    Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Sambreville · since 2009
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Decometal similar
    Anderlecht · since 1968
  • Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2009
  • Joinery installation · since 2012
  • Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · since 2006
  • DECOMETAL similar
    Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Frameries · since 2026
  • DECORMETAL similar
    Coating of metals · Trooz · since 1995
  • DECE similar
    Abbreviation of Devriendt Energy, Consulting & Engineering · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2015
  • D.E.C.E. similar
    Abbreviation of Denier de l'Enseignement Communal d'Engis · Engis · since 2008
  • DE CE TECH similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Destelbergen · since 2017
  • Decal similar
    Kaprijke · since 1978
  • C.E.T.A.L. similar
    Abbreviation of Centro de Estudios en Tecnologias Apropriadas para América Latina · since 1979
  • DECECE similar
    Activities of holding companies · Ronse · since 1996
  • DECEK similar
    Translation services · Harelbeke · since 2013
  • DECEM similar
    Abbreviation of Denderend Educatief Concept Extra Muros · Erpe-Mere · since 2020
  • DECEM similar
    Other business support services · Ninove · since 2024
  • DECOUP METAL (sole trader) similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen · since 1990

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