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.
“Defab Engineering”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Anzegem · since 2021
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Forging of metal · Zulte · since 2011
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Deinze · since 2011
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Abbreviation of De Plus Engineering · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Haaltert · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2001
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2023
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Overige activiteiten op het gebied van telecommunicatie · since 2026
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Abbreviation of HAVE A BRAKE Engineering · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Thimister-Clermont · since 2018
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Tielt-Winge · since 2010
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Wetteren · since 1999
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2026
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Cerfontaine · since 2019
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2013
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Zottegem · since 2018
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Mol · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · Roeselare · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Hechtel-Eksel · since 1990
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gent · since 1991
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Trade name of LB CONSULTING · Office administrative and support services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2001
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Wevelgem · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van andere machines voor specifieke doeleinden n.e.g. · Genk · since 2015
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Name of an establishment · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Charleroi · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Bureau d'Etudes DG ENGINEERING · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Seneffe · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of PETER DE NIJS · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Aalter · since 2016
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2019
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · since 1987
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2022
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Zulte · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Assenede · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Comines-Warneton · since 2008
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Vervaardiging van schakel- en verdeelinrichtingen · since 2009
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Abbreviation of STEEL BUILDING ENGINEERING · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Juprelle · since 2010
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · since 2018
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2012
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General electrical installation work · since 2003
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2004
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Opwijk · since 2004
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Elsene · since 2005
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Braives · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Estaimpuis · since 2024
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Coating of metals · Oosterzele · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Greymill · Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Turnhout · since 2024
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Waasmunster · since 2025
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · General construction of other non-residential buildings · Lendelede · since 2025
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Other building finishing work · Leuven · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Genk · since 1988
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Beerse · since 1982
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Other information service activities · since 2022