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.
“Depivan”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Staden · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Wevelgem · since 2012
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Oostende · since 1984
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since 1990
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1997
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2016
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 2005
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Other construction installation · Geetbets · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Buggenhout · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Buggenhout · since 1964
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Koksijde · Federale overheid · Koksijde · since 1968
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Vervaardiging van verpakkingsmateriaal van kunststof · Kortrijk · since 1984
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Dentergem · since 1984
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Leuven · since 1984
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ingelmunster · since 1988
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Roeselare · since 1990
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Deinze · since 1995
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Other business support services · De Panne · since 1995
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Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Waregem · since 1999
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Hasselt · since 1999
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Holsbeek · since 2013
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Gent · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Staden · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Ieper · since 2016
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Gistel · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Kasterlee · since 2020
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Name of Alpha Invest · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2023
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Kuurne · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of ARDA & DIVAN · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2010
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2012
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1986
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Roeselare · since 2005
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Gent · since 2006
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General electrical installation work · since 2024
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since 2025
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Other building finishing work · Harelbeke · since 1993