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.
“BANDIT”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van hang- en sluitwerk · Oudsbergen · since 1989
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Abbreviation of BUSINESS and INVESTMENT · Brussel · since 1989
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General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2012
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aartselaar · since 2018
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Abbreviation of APPLICATION AND DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY · Groothandel in motorfietsen, delen en toebehoren van motorfietsen · Beringen · since 2011
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Computer programming · Bertem · since 2021
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Activities of company auditors · Gent · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of Barbershop MD · Hairdressing and barber services · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2026
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Aalst · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of CIMEO · Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Nandrin · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Bando Travel Service · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Zaventem · since 1979
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Abbreviation of B and P MILITARY PUBLICATIONS · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1983
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Abbreviation of BUILDINGS and DATA · Market research and public opinion polling · Elsene · since 1992
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · Schaarbeek · since 1992
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Abbreviation of BROTHERS AND SISTERS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ganshoren · since 1994
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Trade name of The Beauty and The Beast · Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Elsene · since 2012
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Groothandel in koffie, thee, cacao en specerijen · Middelkerke · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Schaarbeek · since 1994
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Advertising agencies · Antoing · since 1998
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Mol · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2023
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Lochristi · since 2025
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Kontich · since 2010
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Brussel · since 1962
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Abbreviation of Band, Vereniging van en voor de Vlamingen in Wallonië · Brussel · since 1975
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Wavre · since 1991
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Ciney · since 2004