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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.

“Design Pools”

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  • 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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Design Pools same name
    Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · Peer · since 2008
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • DESIGNpoint similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Liège · since 2009
  • Full-service restaurants
  • Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2017
  • Graphic design and visual communication · since 2018
  • Design similar
    Name of an establishment of Cawa · Vocational training · Liège · since 2023
  • Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
  • DESIGN PLUS similar
    Activities of interior architects · Etterbeek · since 2017
  • DESIGN PROF similar
    Painting of buildings · Meise · since 2023
  • Other building finishing work · since 2017
  • Graphic design and visual communication · since 2018
  • Finishing of textiles · since 2019
  • DESIGN H similar
    Name of an establishment of L2 Coiffure & Beauté SRL · Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Libin · since 2009
  • Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2007
  • Advertising agencies · since 2007
  • Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
  • Photography, excluding press photography · since 2002
  • Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
  • DESIGN 3-2 similar
    Advertising agencies · Liège · since 1996
  • DESIGN4S similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2000
  • Hairdressing and barber services · since 1990
  • Office administrative and support services · since 2003
  • design15 similar
    Advertising agencies · Harelbeke · since 2017
  • DESIGNUM similar
    Name of an establishment of FERLI · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Kuurne · since 2017
  • Designox similar
    Machining of metals · Kortrijk · since 2017
  • Design’Or similar
    Trade name of CLEAN VERMINE DÉSINFECTION · General cleaning of buildings · Dilbeek · since 2018
  • Graphic design and visual communication · since 2021
  • DESIGNED similar
    Joinery installation · Beringen · since 2019
  • Design.IT similar
    Other information technology and computer services · Oostende · since 2023
  • Weven van textiel · since 2023
  • Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2024
  • DESIGN UP similar
    Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Châtelet · since 2024
  • Vervaardiging van andere producten van kunststof · since 2024
  • Design similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Brugge · since 1958

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