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.
“Defap”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of head offices · Gavere · since 2010
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Dendermonde · since 2011
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Youth work associations · Vilvoorde · since 1974
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Cafés and bars · Sambreville · since 2013
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Abbreviation of DEFAF, Creative Industries, Multiple Tributaries · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2026
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vermogensbeheer · Manhay · since 2014
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Amsterdam · since 1968
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1989
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Activities of holding companies · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Niklaas · since 2008
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2020
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Abbreviation of De fauw² projects & consulting · Other business support services · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Office administrative and support services · Ravels · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Verviers · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Centrale Dienst voor sociale en Culturele Actie van het Ministerie van Landsverdediging · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Brussel · since 1973
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Abbreviation of Ministerie van Landsverdediging · Defensie · Evere · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Protecbat SA · Vanves · since 1973
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Abbreviation of DELICIOUS EUROPEAN FOOD · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Jette · since 2014
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Abbreviation of De Filosoof · Business and other management consultancy · Poperinge · since 2011
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Ans · since 1990
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Computer programming · Kontich · since 1991
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Vervaardiging van niet-verspanende machines voor de metaalbewerking en van gereedschapswerktuigen voor metaalbewerking · Gent · since 1996
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Abbreviation of DEFENSE DES ACTIONNAIRES ET OBLIGATAIRES · Elsene · since 1998
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Meix-devant-Virton · since 2001
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Lievegem · since 2014
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Sint-Truiden · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · since 2021
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Mixed farming · Meix-devant-Virton · since 2022
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Vorst · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2006
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zemst · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Ingelmunster · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · Mortsel · since 2024
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2026
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Oostende · since 2020
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Roeselare · since 1995