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.
“BACAO”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Perwez · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Harelbeke · since 1990
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Blankenberge · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Belgian Association for Complementary and Alternative Medicine · Nutrition and dietetics services · Leuven · since 2013
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Other information service activities · since 2023
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN ASSOCIATION FOR CERTIFIED ANIMAL PHYSIOTHERAPISTS · Veterinary services · Sint-Truiden · since 2006
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Jette · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Bureau d'Architecture et de Conseils ALEN Michel · Walhain · since 1991
Names that resemble it 49 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · since 2021
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Development of residential building projects · Arendonk · since 2021
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Grobbendonk · since 2022
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2023
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Kampeer- en caravanterreinen · Blankenberge · since 1984
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Rotselaar · since 2015
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2018
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2023
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Alken · since 2009
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Anderlecht · since 2012
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Activiteiten van binderijen en aanverwante diensten · since 1975
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Event catering · Diest · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Beersel · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of EKAM · Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Belgian American Corporation · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Elsene · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Belgische Arbeidcentrale · Antwerpen · since 1939
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Abbreviation of Britisch Aerospace Dynamics Group · London · since 1973
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Abbreviation of B.A.C. Instituut voor het Bewegend Beeld · Vorst · since 1976
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Abbreviation of ESTINNES AUTO CLUB · Estinnes · since 1983
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Abbreviation of BUREAU D'AFFAIRES CLOSE · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Liège · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Belgian Accounting Company · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Belgian Amateur Club · Other business support services · Lierde · since 1997
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Waterloo · since 1998
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN ART COMPANY · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Gent · since 1999
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Abbreviation of BUILDING ASSETS CONCEPT · Real estate agency activities · Chaudfontaine · since 2014
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Abbreviation of BUYAMIN ATAKAN COÖPERATIEF · Freight transport by road · Maasmechelen · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Business Advisory Council · Elsene · since 2014
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Abbreviation of BAO Academy · Vocational training · Brussel · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Beyond Antares Consultancy · Business and other management consultancy · Heusden-Zolder · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Brussels Art & Culture · Other educational support services · Evere · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Brussels Agentschap voor Ondernemerschap · Overheden van gemeenschappen en gewesten · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2017
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN ART ONLY · Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Temse · since 2020
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Abbreviation of BeACoder · Gerpinnes · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Brussels Acro Community · Evere · since 2021
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Development of residential building projects · Herselt · since 2021
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Computer programming · Lokeren · since 2009
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Abbreviation of BUREAU D'AUDITS & DE CONSEIL · Other technical testing and analysis · Waremme · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Bureau d'Assurances du Condroz · Insurance agents and brokers · Modave · since 2012
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Abbreviation of BRAINE AUTO CLUB · Braine-le-Comte · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Brussels Art Central · Elsene · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Bureau des Affaires de l'Ombre · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2023
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Other business support services · Knokke-Heist · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Merci Bao · Groothandel in andere akkerbouwproducten · Schaarbeek · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Bouw-Advies-Coördinator · Brussel · since 2024
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Elsene · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Bureau Assurance Comptabilité · Liège · since 1982