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.
“BAHOG”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Baarle-Hertog · since 1997
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Cafés and bars · Braine-le-Château · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Tournai · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Katholieke Hogeschool voor Gezondheidszorg Oost-Vlaanderen · Gent · since 1995
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Construction of roads and motorways · Lokeren · since 1996
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN AIRCRAFT HOMEBUILDERS - FEDERATION NATIONALE DES CONSTRUCTEURS AMATEURS D'AERONEFS -NATIONALE FEDERATIE DER AMATEUR VLIEGTUIGBOUWERS · Brussel · since 1977
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Abbreviation of Koninklijke Doelschuttersgilde St. Barbara Heusden · Heusden-Zolder · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Bouchons d'Aide aux Handicapés · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Aviato · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Etterbeek · since 2016
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Abbreviation of BAYAT AL HIKMA · Lasne · since 2003
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Gent · since 2021