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.
“Discosmash”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Zandhoven · since 1980
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2009
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Operation of fairground attractions · since 2021
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2024
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Activities of professional membership organisations · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of Gruuthof · Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Jabbeke · since 1985
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · since 1960
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Sint-Truiden · since 1967
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2021
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Ternat · since 1989
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 1975
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Abbreviation of Deurne Ice Skating Club · Antwerpen · since 1971
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Abbreviation of De Wachter Information Systems and Consulting · Other information technology and computer services · Tervuren · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of DEPREZ INFORMATICA SYSTEMEN CONSULTING · Vervaardiging van computers en randapparatuur · Wevelgem · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Denderland Indoor Sport Club · Football clubs · Ninove · since 2025