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.
“BARBADOS”
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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Sint-Niklaas · since 1997
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Enghien · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · La Hulpe · since 2001
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2016
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General electrical installation work · since 2017
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Abbreviation of BARBAR CLOTHING · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Lommel · since 2025
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Jodoigne · since 1999
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Literary creation · since 2018
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Other human health activities · since 2025
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Zwevegem · since 1993
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Harelbeke · since 1997
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Verwerking en conservering van groenten, exclusief productie van diepgevroren groenten · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Aalst · since 2014
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2002
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2017
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Production of cinema films · Rixensart · since 2017
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Cafés and bars · Tienen · since 2018
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Oostende · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · Edegem · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2023
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Literary creation · since 2014
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Cafés and bars · Kortrijk · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of BB Bardo · Full-service restaurants · Turnhout · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of Streetfox · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Klusdienst-OK · Full-service restaurants · Grobbendonk · since 2017
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Brugge · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of MMVJ · Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of EUFRAZIE · Full-service restaurants · Kontich · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Lokeren · since 2022
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2011
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Bertem · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Zottegem · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van lampen · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Harelbeke · since 2016
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Event catering · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Berlare · since 2012