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.
“BALLADIN”
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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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Awans · since 1985
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Full-service restaurants · since 1975
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Advertising agencies · since 1991
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Retail sale of antiques · since 1987
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Hairdressing and barber services · Gent · since 2015
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1998
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Gent · since 1986
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 1996
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of other household goods · since 1995
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Binche · since 2014
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Activiteiten van overige balsportclubs · Laarne · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of BALADI BE · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of 3JRE · Wholesale of other food products · Holsbeek · since 2021
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Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Balen · since 2025
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2021
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since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · Zwevegem · since 1999
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Nursing and midwifery · Zandhoven · since 2022
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Antwerpen · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Ballast ateliers créatifs · Other amusement and recreation activities · Liège · since 1992
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Pelt · since 2014
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2023
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Les Arsouilles, Service de Gardiennat à Domicile de Vie féminine · Day nurseries and crèches · Ciney · since 1978
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2018