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.
“Diract”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other business support services · since 2014
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Market research and public opinion polling · Gent · since 2005
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Ukkel · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Diestse Radio Amateur Club · Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · Diest · since 2015
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Vervaardiging van communicatieapparatuur · Rotterdam · since 2005
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Heusden-Zolder · since 1990
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General construction of residential buildings · Staden · since 2001
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Other business support services · Aarschot · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Keerbergen · since 2010
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Rotselaar · since 2011
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hoogstraten · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Merchtem · since 2006
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Computer programming · Destelbergen · since 2024
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · Deventer · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of DESIGN STUDIO B · Interior design · Gent · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2004
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Real estate agency activities · Meise · since 2009
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Floor and wall tiling · Sint-Niklaas · since 1999
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Abbreviation of DIRAME ORTHO · Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Oostkamp · since 1992
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Joinery installation · Schilde · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Arendonk · since 2007
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Abbreviation of R-ACT CONSULT · Business and other management consultancy · Herselt · since 2008