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Name check

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.

“BAHENA”

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

9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • BAHENA same name
    Baarle-Hertog · since 2004
  • BAENA (sole trader) very similar
    Vervaardiging van verdelgingsmiddelen, ontsmettingsmiddelen en andere chemische producten voor de landbouw · since 2018
  • BAHANA very similar
    Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Elsene · since 1996
  • Balena very similar
    Name of an establishment of SQUADRA B M · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2021
  • BATENA very similar
    Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Lede · since 2022
  • Balena very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Wijnegem · since 2022
  • B-ARENA very similar
    Other financial services · Brussel · since 2006
  • Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
  • Kahena very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Brussel · since 1997
Names that resemble it 2 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • H en A similar
    Keerbergen · since 1991
  • HENA similar
    Support activities for crop production · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2012

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