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.
“BALPA”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Operation of sports facilities · Chimay · since 2001
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1993
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Vervaardiging van papier en karton · Ternat · since 2018
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Retail sale of bicycles · since 1991
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Vermogensbeheer · Liège · since 2005
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Warehousing and storage · Chièvres · since 2007
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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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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of Kitchen 4 Life · Retail sale of household furniture · Hélécine · since 2015
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Gent · since 1988
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General construction of residential buildings · Izegem · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Ternat · since 1993
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Alken · since 1993
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La Louvière · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Accompagnement des liens post-adoption · Theux · since 2012
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Other building finishing work · since 1993
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Kortrijk · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of HOBBYSTOCK · Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Balen · since 2005
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2008
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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
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Trade name of ALPACK · Vervaardiging van gegolfd papier, golfkarton en verpakkingsmateriaal van papier en karton · Lebbeke · since 1980
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Antwerpen · since 1987