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.
“B.BAD”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Manage · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Bedrijfs Administratief Dienstencentrum · Public relations and communication consultancy · Elsene · since 1979
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Anderlecht · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Burundais Associés pour la Détente · Brussel · since 1999
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Abbreviation of BRUSSELS ART DAYS · Visual arts creation · Lasne · since 2011
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN AUTOPARTS DISTRIBUTION · Activities of holding companies · Schaarbeek · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Asbl la seconde main par la boîte à dons · Durbuy · since 2026
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of British Belgian Association · Antwerpen · since 1965
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Abbreviation of Brussels Basket Association · Brussel · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Belgian Business Agency · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1992
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Bocholt · since 1993
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Abbreviation of BELGIUM - BANGLADESH ASSOCIATION · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Biométhane du Bois d'Arnelle · Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Les Bons Villers · since 2016
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN BIOETHANOL ASSOCIATION · Brussel · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Business Building Association · Business and other management consultancy · Rixensart · since 2010
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2013
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Abbreviation of BLACK BELT ACADEMY · Elsene · since 2003
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION · Brussel · since 2004
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Abbreviation of BASTOGNE BALADE ARDENNES · Bastogne · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Belgian Briard Association · Other personal services · Moorslede · since 2025
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Abbreviation of BEST BETAALD AUTOBEDRIJF · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Wommelgem · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Belgian Breaking Association · Namur · since 2026
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Office administrative and support services · Tienen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of De Belgische Bond voor Aquarium en Terrariumhouders · Lille · since 1950
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Abbreviation of BUREAU BEGUIN ASSURANCES CONSEILS · Insurance agents and brokers · Ciney · since 2018
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Abbreviation of BBA Capital · Ukkel · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Belgian Biodiversity Alliance Secretariat vzw · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of ELISAK · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Broersbank Advies & Management · Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2022
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Veurne · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2019
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2011
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Geel · since 2024