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Is your company name still free?

Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“Distave”

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.

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Same or very similar names

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Distave same name
    Retail sale of women's outerwear · Oostende · since 2014
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 1986
  • Usus Distave very similar
    Other business support services · Oostende · since 2019
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Distama similar
    Koekelberg · since 1948
  • DIST similar
    Abbreviation of DIST Admin · Other business support services · Dendermonde · since 2021
  • DIST similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Stabroek · since 2004
  • Diste similar
    Development of residential building projects · Dilbeek · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    Market research and public opinion polling · since 1988
  • DISTO similar
    Computer programming · Pelt · since 2021

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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