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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Docodem”

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.

  • Docodem same name
    Activities of holding companies · Wevelgem · since 2023
  • DECODEM very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Elsene · since 1986
  • SOCODEM very similar
    Real estate agency activities · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1993
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • DOCO similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Lubbeek · since 2017
  • CODEM similar
    Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1992
  • Docom similar
    Name of an establishment of AQUA BILLY · Computer programming · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2016
  • CODEM similar
    Pre-press and pre-media services · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2018
  • CODEM similar
    Activities of holding companies · Mouscron · since 2018
  • Docem similar
    Specialist medical practice · Grobbendonk · since 2022
  • DOCO'S similar
    Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · Hamois · since 2023
  • DOCOCO similar
    General medical practice · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2025

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