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.
“BAFCO”
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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Roosdaal · since 1993
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 1945
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Wholesale of machine tools · Ardooie · since 1973
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Name of an establishment of BARCO CENTRUM TREMELO · Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Tremelo · since 1976
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Market research and public opinion polling · Oudergem · since 1987
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 1989
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Brussel · since 1991
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Assenede · since 1997
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Vervaardiging van optische instrumenten, magnetische en optische dragers en fotografische apparatuur · Kortrijk · since 2000
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Gent · since 2000
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Abbreviation of BUSINESS AND CONSULTANCY COMPANY · Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2013
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Vielsalm · since 2015
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Construction of roads and motorways · Geel · since 2016
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Kortrijk · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Lokeren · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Westerlo · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Business & Asset Management Company · Market research and public opinion polling · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2011
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Stekene · since 2011
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Abbreviation of BASCO INTERNATIONAL · Vervaardiging van bouten, schroeven en moeren · Zele · since 2007
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Belex Air Freight · Logistics services · Brussel · since 1960
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Abbreviation of British Air Ferries Ltd · Southend on Sea (Essex) · since 1969
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Abbreviation of Brussels Associates Fondation · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1984
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Abbreviation of BLAUWE ACTIEVE FEDERATIE · Leopoldsburg · since 1984
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Fitness centres · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Abbreviation of BRASSERIE ARTISANALE DE LA FABRIQUE · Manufacture of beer · Soumagne · since 2015
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Abbreviation of BAF FERNELMONT · Fernelmont · since 2017
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Abbreviation of BRASSER A FERRIERES · Manufacture of beer · Ferrières · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Belgian Acupunctors Federation · Schoten · since 1982
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MONDEVILLE · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Battel Foor VZW · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Mechelen · since 2026
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Retail sale of bicycles · since 2023
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Courcelles · since 2020
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Abbreviation of BAFAW CULTURAL AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION BELGIUM · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Gent · since 2004
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2016
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Abbreviation of African Community · Turnhout · since 1997
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · since 2005
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since 1986
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Kampenhout · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Kantoor voor Boekhouding, Administratie en Fiscaliteit der Commerciële Ondernemingen · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1969