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.
“BA-KING”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Lommel · since 2021
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Physiotherapy · La Louvière · since 2021
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Development of non-residential building projects · Lommel · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · since 1995
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2022
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Plastering work · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Lendelede · since 2024
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Koksijde · since 2021
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since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Herstal · since 2025
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Physiotherapy · Roeselare · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van beschuit, biscuit en houdbaar banketbakkerswerk · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2023
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Mobile food service activities · since 2026
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Koksijde · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Schaarbeek · since 2021
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since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Elsene · since 2018