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.
“BARART”
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
32 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Niklaas · since 2013
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Kortrijk · since 1991
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Ninove · since 1995
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Activities of interior architects · Gent · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of B.ART.INVEST · Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Vorst · since 2013
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Advertising agencies · since 1996
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Joinery installation · Ninove · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Bouw Aanleg Renovatie Tegels · Bricklaying and masonry work · Tervuren · since 2016
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Lier · since 2018
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · As · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2014
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2019
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2019
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Painting of buildings · since 1994
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Bouwcoördinatie en Alle Realisaties van Totaalprojecten · General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van gedistilleerde dranken door distilleren, rectificeren en mengen · Sint-Niklaas · since 2021
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · since 2022
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Abbreviation of BERNARD-AUTO-RACING-TEAM · Wanze · since 2011
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Tourist information services · since 2017
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Activities of building architects · Oostende · since 2005
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Real estate agency activities · since 2008
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2025
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Abbreviation of B-Art Productions · Lier · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of QUBE · Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Knokke-Heist · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · Koekelberg · since 2013
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Cafés and bars · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of BDP Foodbrands · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2021
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Lasne · since 1991
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Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 1987
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL ANESTHESIA · Leuven · since 2001
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Moorslede · since 2003
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Landscape service activities · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of Remorquable · Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Elsene · since 2018
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Temse · since 2018
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Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of Mère Nature · Full-service restaurants · Spa · since 2017
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Groothandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Blankenberge · since 2018
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2018
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Plumbing work · since 2001
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Activities of lawyers · since 2022
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Mons · since 2025
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Merelbeke-Melle · since 2002
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Other business support services · since 1987
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Cafés and bars · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · Leuven · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2020