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.
“Derco Groep”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Freight transport by road · Koekelare · since 2023
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Pajottegem · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Ieper · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schilde · since 1986
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Other information technology and computer services · Gent · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Grimbergen · since 2011
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Namur · since 2018
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other construction installation · Lokeren · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · Ranst · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Waasmunster · since 2011
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Proefboren en boren · Olen · since 2021
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General cleaning of buildings · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2024
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Wholesale of other food products · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Oostende · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kontich · since 2018
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Genk · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Wuustwezel · since 2019