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.
“BARBONE”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Ganshoren · since 2017
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Support activities for animal production · since 2002
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Bar Once · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2003
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Tournai · since 1992
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Landscape service activities · Limbourg · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Le Roeulx · since 2026
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Plastering work · since 2012
Names that resemble it 50 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of ALFA EXPERTS · Risk and damage evaluation · Bredene · since 1996
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Full-service restaurants · Aalst · since 2014
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Gent · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · since 2006
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Cafés and bars · Tienen · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Dendermonde · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · Edegem · since 2021
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Literary creation · Lievegem · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Paloma Group · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Gent · since 2025
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of KLEIN BESCHRIJF · Detailhandel in boeken · Oud-Heverlee · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of Stay Hungry · Other sports activities · Heusden-Zolder · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Andere drinkgelegenheden · Kruisem · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · Eupen · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Event catering · since 2015
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Diest · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Harelbeke · since 2016
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Insurance agents and brokers · Oostende · since 2018
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Event catering · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2023
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of B-ONE 2026 · Other financial services · Kontich · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van schakel- en verdeelinrichtingen · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van schakel- en verdeelinrichtingen · since 2016
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General electrical installation work · Sambreville · since 2016
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General electrical installation work · Sambreville · since 2019
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Lasne · since 1989
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Ieper · since 1997
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · since 2013
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Nieuwpoort · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of FirstClass · Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Waregem · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · since 2020
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Pet training · Hasselt · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of 't Notarishuys · Full-service restaurants · Diksmuide · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Ciney · since 2024
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since 1972
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2004
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Cafés and bars · Bornem · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of FOOD PASSION · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2008