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.
“BAKELAND”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Haacht · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · since 1981
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Sound recording · since 2026
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Event catering · since 2020
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Mobile food service activities · since 2026
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · La Louvière · since 2026
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2022
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Gent · since 2008
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Diksmuide · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Kraainem · since 2004
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Geel · since 1993
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2000
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since 2025
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Real estate agency activities · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of DETROVAL · Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Aalst · since 1988
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2015
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Joinery installation · since 1987
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2020
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Sports and recreation education · since 2023
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Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 1988
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Hooglede · since 1999
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2021
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Overijse · since 2020
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Heuvelland · since 2024
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · since 2010
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2021
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since 2022
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · since 1991
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · Meulebeke · since 2017
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since 2000
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Geel · since 2001
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2017
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Reparatie en onderhoud van andere apparatuur · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 2014
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Development of residential building projects · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of ELAND VASTGOED · Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · Destelbergen · since 1991
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2014
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Abbreviation of ELAND [Extraordinary Landscape] landscape store and collaborative atelier · Urban planning and landscape architecture · Gent · since 2016
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Other business support services · Destelbergen · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van kantoorbenodigdheden van papier · since 2017
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Heusden-Zolder · since 2026
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Brussel · since 1962
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Abbreviation of Band, Vereniging van en voor de Vlamingen in Wallonië · Brussel · since 1975