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.
“Dobby”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other building finishing work · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2018
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Freight transport by road · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of EMORA · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Lichtervelde · since 2017
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Other education · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2021
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Deinze · since 1974
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Full-service restaurants · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · since 1979
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Name of an establishment of BobbyHyp · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Olen · since 2024
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Wavre · since 2004
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Zedelgem · since 1994
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2015
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · Gent · since 2024
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Computer programming · since 2024
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Drop Office Building · Aalst · since 2014
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Event catering · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2016
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2017
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Cafés and bars · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · since 2021
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Harelbeke · since 2024
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Plumbing work · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2024
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Denderleeuw · since 1976