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.
“BALME”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Insurance agents and brokers · Visé · since 2025
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Basel · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2017
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2023
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Luxembourg · since 2002
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Bergamo · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2020
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Diksmuide · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · Kasterlee · since 1997
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · De Haan · since 2026
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Market research and public opinion polling · Kortrijk · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
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Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2020
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Logistics services · since 2020
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 2006
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2023
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2026
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Development of residential building projects · Wichelen · since 1996
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Rotselaar · since 2004
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Activities of head offices · Dinant · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Bouwmaatschappij Antwerpen-Limburg · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1966
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2017