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.
“BAILAME”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1995
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Cultural education · Blégny · since 2021
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cultural education · Turnhout · since 2011
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Levallois-Perret · since 2022
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Bureau Ardennais d'Immobilier et de Location · Rendeux · since 1985
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Brussels Association of Irish Lawyers · Brussel · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 1996
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Cafés and bars · Tielt · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lasne · since 2025
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Abbreviation of L'Association Mouscron Escrime · Estaimpuis · since 1996
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Abbreviation of LA MAISON ENSOLEILLEE · Ukkel · since 2009
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Cafés and bars · Aalst · since 2020