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.
“BALOCA”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kuurne · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Retie · since 2020
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Brecht · since 2001
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Hasselt · since 2000
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1998
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Vermogensbeheer · Mol · since 2019
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Office administrative and support services · Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Grimbergen · since 2022
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General cleaning of buildings · Schaarbeek · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Moorslede · since 2000
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 2008
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Other business support services · Sint-Truiden · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2025
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Real estate agency activities · Knokke-Heist · since 2023
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Other business support services · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of DE JUNGLE KDV · Day nurseries and crèches · Bredene · since 2002
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Izegem · since 2015
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Graphic design and visual communication · Nijlen · since 2017
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Day nurseries and crèches · Zaventem · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2020
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Tournai · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Sandwiske · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zoutleeuw · since 2008
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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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Retail sale of footwear · since 2006
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 1989
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Computer programming · Ath · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2021