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.
“BANTAM”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · Temse · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Welkenraedt · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Buggenhout · since 2018
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Other cleaning activities · Beernem · since 2019
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Genappe · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · Leuven · since 2004
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Belgian Association for Nondestructive Testing · Media representation · Brussel · since 1984
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Leuven · since 1990
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2015
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Abbreviation of BANTANI EDUCATION · Business and other management consultancy · Tervuren · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Banti - Brabantse Architektuur- en Natuurtypologische Inventaris · Brussel · since 1989
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Other retail sale of new goods · De Panne · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · since 2023
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Burg-Reuland · since 2004
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Mortsel · since 2026
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Web portal activities · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 1965
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Travel agency activities · Gent · since 2023
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2024