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.
“Desmet Design”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Waregem · since 2026
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Landscape service activities · since 2024
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Raising of horses and other equines · Middelkerke · since 1990
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Joinery installation · Pajottegem · since 1993
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 1989
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · since 1987
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Cafés and bars · Haaltert · since 2019
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 1995
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General electrical installation work · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van vlakglas · Wevelgem · since 2010
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Other specialised construction activities · Staden · since 2012
Names that resemble it 57 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2017
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Cawa · Vocational training · Liège · since 2023
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van overige motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · Lede · since 2026
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since 2023
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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Raising of other animals · Gavere · since 2023
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2010
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Advertising agencies · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Tubize · since 2000
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2014
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Other business support services · Wervik · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Comblain-au-Pont · since 2012
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Deinze · since 1976
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Name of an establishment of PAPAGIANNIS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1984
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Zulte · since 1984
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Lede · since 1985
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1990
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Freight transport by road · Berlare · since 1994
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Deinze · since 1995
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Freight transport by road · Kampenhout · since 1997
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Pig breeding farms · Peer · since 2000
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Activities of lawyers · Hoeilaart · since 2020
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Wichelen · since 2012
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Activiteiten op het gebied van acupunctuur · since 2005
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Joinery installation · Aalst · since 2008
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Lier · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of HET HOEK HUIS · Full-service restaurants · Blankenberge · since 2025
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since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Houthulst · since 2004
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Anzegem · since 1999
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 1985
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Sports and recreation education · since 2013
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · since 1987
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Painting of buildings · since 1995
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1985
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2007
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · since 1991
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Literary creation · since 2020
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Activities of building architects · since 1976
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 1998
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2022
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Freight transport by road · since 2004
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2003
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Computer programming · since 2023
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Brugge · since 1958
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Retail sale of household furniture · Brussel · since 2016
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1982