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.
“BAGETEL”
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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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Turnhout · since 2005
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2022
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Diepenbeek · since 1995
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Retail sale of antiques · since 1982
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of AK Services · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · since 2008
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Cafés and bars · since 2024
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Comines-Warneton · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · since 2000
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General construction of residential buildings · Frameries · since 1985
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · since 2012
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Activities of religious organisations · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Bureau d'architectes et de Géomètres experts DEPREZ · Activities of building architects · La Louvière · since 2006
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Nursing and midwifery · Wuustwezel · since 2026
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Construction of roads and motorways · Gent · since 2026