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.
“BALLOEY”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Mixed farming · Ieper · since 1996
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Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen · Diksmuide · since 2004
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since 1993
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General construction of residential buildings · Veurne · since 2009
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since 1989
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2018
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Insulation installation · since 2004
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since 1987
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2016
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Support activities for crop production · Lo-Reninge · since 2020
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Mixed farming · since 2009
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Painting of buildings · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · Veurne · since 2020
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Ieper · since 2020
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Construction of roads and motorways · Ieper · since 2020
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Plastering work · since 2012
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since 1975
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Janine FREROTTE et Cie le Vêtement de la future Maman · Retail sale of games and toys · Chaudfontaine · since 1981
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Name of an establishment · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aalst · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of ADIERI · Cafés and bars · Vorst · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · since 2007
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of RICK'S COMPANY · Retail sale of games and toys · Brussel · since 1994
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 1999
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Malmedy · since 2017
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Psychology services · since 2019
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Retail sale of games and toys · since 2021
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Ravels · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of DE JUNGLE KDV · Day nurseries and crèches · Bredene · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of Vlaamse Kinderopvang · Day nurseries and crèches · Gent · since 2010
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · since 1996
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2015
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · since 2025