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.
“Ladevan”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Oudergem · since 1979
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortemark · since 1995
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Pig breeding farms · Wingene · since 2007
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Abbreviation of L'Atelier de V. · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Les Ambassadrices de l'Espoir · Elsene · since 2026
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Avelgem · since 1980
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Vervaardiging van verpakkingsmateriaal van kunststof · Kortrijk · since 1984
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Dentergem · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of DEVAN HANDELSMAATSCHAPPIJ · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Oostende · since 1986
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ingelmunster · since 1988
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Roeselare · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of APK Telecom Networksolutions · Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Malle · since 1992
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Schaarbeek · since 1994
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Deinze · since 1995
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Other business support services · De Panne · since 1995
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Ellezelles · since 1998
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Hasselt · since 1999
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Holsbeek · since 2013
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 1985
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Staden · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Ieper · since 2016
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Gistel · since 2018
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · Poperinge · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Fleurus · since 2021
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Kuurne · since 2009
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1986
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Zedelgem · since 2003
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Roeselare · since 2005
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Development of residential building projects · Waterloo · since 2021
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Charleroi · since 1964
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Literary creation · Brussel · since 1990
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Other building finishing work · Harelbeke · since 1993