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.
“Dirka”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Kaprijke · since 2012
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mortsel · since 2020
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · since 2012
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Forging of metal · Maasmechelen · since 2007
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Hairdressing and barber services · Mortsel · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Destelbergen · since 1988
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of De Intensieve Rehabilitatie Kinesist · Nutrition and dietetics services · Tervuren · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of OLEANDER · Insurance agents and brokers · Aalter · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Mechelen · since 2022
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Horebeke · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Direct Keys to Languages · Translation services · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2007
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Hasselt · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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Activities of lawyers · Oud-Heverlee · since 2017
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Kapellen · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2021
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2022
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Plumbing work · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Evere · since 2025
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Aartselaar · since 1990
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Media representation · Gent · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van wijn uit druiven · since 1985
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Drukken van dagbladen · since 2026
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Liège · since 2023
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Gent · since 2010
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Abbreviation of DAKWERKEN IR · Roofing work · Herzele · since 2011
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General construction of residential buildings · Hove · since 1993