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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.

“Marc Destoop”

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.

  • Marc Destoop same name
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Kortrijk · since 1995
  • General electrical installation work · Kortrijk · since 2017
  • Sole trader very similar
    Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1989
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • MARC DESMET similar
    Certified accountants and tax accountants · Grimbergen · since 1997
  • Sole trader similar
    Ondersteunende diensten in verband met de bosbouw · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Sports and recreation education · since 2015
  • DE STOOP similar
    Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Waregem · since 1974
  • De Stoop similar
    Name of an establishment of WIJNHUIS BOLLAERT · Wholesale of beverages, general range · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1988
  • MARINA STOOP similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Malle · since 1999
  • Insurance agents and brokers · Liedekerke · since 2000
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1969
  • MARC DESSEIN similar
    Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2011
  • MARC DELY similar
    Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Lichtervelde · since 1993

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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