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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.

“Deforche, Wouter”

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.

  • Sole trader same name
    Floor and wall tiling · since 2019
  • DEFORCHE very similar
    Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Zonnebeke · since 1983
  • DEFORCHE very similar
    Growing of flowers · Lochristi · since 1986
  • Deforche very similar
    Mixed farming · Heuvelland · since 2025
  • DEFORCHE NV very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of CRATEGUS · Other specialised construction activities · Ardooie · since 1968
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2014
  • Sole trader similar
    Other business support services · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1998
  • Sole trader similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Joinery installation · since 2008
  • Sole trader similar
    Pet training · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2002
  • Sole trader similar
    Tourist information services · since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 1986
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2003
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 1978
  • Sole trader similar
    Advertising agencies · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2002
  • Sole trader similar
    General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Operation of sports facilities · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Other cleaning activities · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2009
  • Sole trader similar
    Activities of lawyers · since 2008
  • Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Brugge · since 2007
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2016
  • Physiotherapy · Zulte · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Plumbing work · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Vervaardiging van andere meubelen, n.e.g. · since 2026

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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