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.
“BAERD”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other financial services · Aalst · since 2022
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Menen · since 1977
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Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Ternat · since 1985
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Zaventem · since 1990
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Plumbing work · Moorslede · since 1991
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Amsterdam · since 2016
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Leuven · since 2015
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Zwevegem · since 2020
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2022
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General medical practice · since 1988
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Gent · since 1986
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of V.S.B. · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Roeselare · since 1983
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 1992
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Other business support services · Lochristi · since 2020
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Insurance agents and brokers · Gavere · since 2008
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hove · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Business Angels Europe · Activities of professional membership organisations · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2013
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2023
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Duffel · since 1991
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Day nurseries and crèches · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2008
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Veterinary services · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · Lokeren · since 2022
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Development of non-residential building projects · Oostkamp · since 2022
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2004
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Machining of metals · Gent · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Association Euro Rif Développement · Brussel · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Les amis de l'école les rainettes et les diablotins · Anderlecht · since 2016