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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.

“BABLU”

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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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

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • BABLU same name
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2003
  • Bablut. very similar
    Name of an establishment of ROELENS A. & C. · Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Knokke-Heist · since 1999
  • BABELU very similar
    Day nurseries and crèches · Zaventem · since 2017
  • Full-service restaurants · since 1981
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • B.A.B.L. similar
    Abbreviation of Beroepsvereniging van Aannemers van Begrafenissen van de Provincie Limburg · Beringen · since 1966
  • BAB'L similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2020
  • BABL similar
    Izegem · since 2026
  • BABLOO similar
    Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Brussel · since 2012
  • B.A.B. similar
    Anderlecht · since 1977
  • B.A.B. similar
    Abbreviation of BANGLADESH ASSOCIATION BELGIUM · Schaarbeek · since 1984
  • B.A.B. similar
    Abbreviation of BUREAU D'ASSURANCES BEEMAH · Hannut · since 1989
  • BLU similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Rumst · since 1995
  • B.A.B. similar
    Abbreviation of Blankenbergs automobielbedrijf · Blankenberge · since 1999
  • BAB similar
    Abbreviation of BROUWERS ALGEMENE BUIGWERKEN · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Hulshout · since 2015
  • BAB similar
    Name of an establishment of WAK · Finishing of textiles · Zaventem · since 2016
  • BAB similar
    Abbreviation of BLOCKCHAIN ASSOCIATION OF BELGIUM · since 2017
  • BAB similar
    Abbreviation of BAFANA BAFANA · Mons · since 2018
  • BAB similar
    Abbreviation of BANGLADESH ASSOCIATION OF BELGIUM · Elsene · since 2009
  • B.A.B. similar
    Abbreviation of BONSAI ASSOCIATION BELGIUM · Bocholt · since 2009
  • BAB similar
    Abbreviation of BRUGSE AUTONOME BIERPROEVERS · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Brugge · since 2006
  • BAB similar
    Abbreviation of Bob Automotive Belgium · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Peer · since 2024
  • B.A.B. similar
    Abbreviation of BOXING ACADEMY BRUSSELS · Vorst · since 2025
  • Babl'Art similar
    Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2023
  • BLU similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of CKL HOLDINGS N.V. · Production of cinema films · Bornem · since 2004

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