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.
“Defranci”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Avelgem · since 2020
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Groothandel in huismeubilair · Ledegem · since 1972
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Name of an establishment of DEFRANCQ BOUWSPECIALITEITEN · Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · Roeselare · since 1982
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Full-service restaurants · Zwevegem · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Beersel · since 2000
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Mixed farming · Tielt · since 2005
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Freight transport by road · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1993
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Merksplas · since 1995
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since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2019
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Specialist medical practice · since 2007
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2007
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Painting of buildings · since 2008
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1983
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since 2002
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2020
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since 2021
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Other personal services · since 2022
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Other education · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · since 1994
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Activities of lawyers · since 1985
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since 1968
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Zwalm · since 2004
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General electrical installation work · since 2007
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General electrical installation work · Wevelgem · since 2023
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since 1986
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2015
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Name of an establishment · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Roeselare · since 2017
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Raising of sheep and goats · since 2001
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since 1977
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since 1990
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Physiotherapy · since 2019
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Landscape service activities · since 2020
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since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2021
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2007
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Activities of building architects · since 2007
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since 2008
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since 2025
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Activities of lawyers · since 2026
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Physiotherapy · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Truiden · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Nieuwpoort · since 2020