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.
“BALLENA”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Denderleeuw · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of SQUADRA B M · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Wijnegem · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · De Haan · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · De Haan · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of HKM Connect · Cafés and bars · Geel · since 2024
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Essen · since 2007
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General construction of residential buildings · Hasselt · since 1998
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Sports and recreation education · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1996
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Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · since 1990
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Activities of company auditors · Kasterlee · since 2006
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Charleroi · since 2025
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · since 2023
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Brussel · since 1975
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Name of an establishment of BALLEKES BRUSSELS · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Belgian - Luxemburg Export North America · Brussel · since 1982
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Ravels · since 1998
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since 1971
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Vervaardiging van verdelgingsmiddelen, ontsmettingsmiddelen en andere chemische producten voor de landbouw · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Meubelzorg · Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Wellen · since 2021
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Other education · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025