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.
“Difas”
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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Anzegem · since 2026
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Fléron · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · Destelbergen · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Centre international de Formation en arts du Spectacle · Cultural education · Brussel · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of PRESIBEL · Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Retie · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Centre interrégional de Formationd'Aide et de Services · Waterloo · since 1997
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Plumbing work · since 2015
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Machining of metals · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2017
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Activities of business and employers' organisations · Paris · since 2018
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1992
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Abbreviation of DINUS LASWERKEN · Machining of metals · Roeselare · since 2022
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Temse · since 2011
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Zaventem · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Danish Interpretation Systems A/S · Copenhagen · since 2006
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2023
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Oostkamp · since 2024
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Zwalm · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Oud-Heverlee · since 2006
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Sprimont · since 2000
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Abbreviation of DIFFUSION · Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Ath · since 2008
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 1972
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Groothandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Namur · since 1978
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Vorst · since 1984
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Harelbeke · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of PROPHONIC · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · La Louvière · since 2019