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.
“BARDAF”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Brussel · since 1998
-
Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Waterloo · since 2019
-
Rixensart · since 2000
-
Activities of company auditors · Bornem · since 2016
-
General electrical installation work · since 2013
-
Full-service restaurants · Heusden-Zolder · since 2017
-
Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Antwerpen · since 1983
-
Leuven · since 1988
-
Name of an establishment of FILANDA · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2013
-
Name of an establishment of H-Con · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ranst · since 2022
-
Full-service restaurants · Wingene · since 2026
-
Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Brussel · since 1996
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
-
Full-service restaurants · since 2022
-
Cafés and bars · since 2026
-
Cafés and bars · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2026
-
Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · since 2013
-
Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Elsene · since 2015
-
Other amusement and recreation activities · Knokke-Heist · since 2017
-
Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2018
-
Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van overige motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · since 2023
-
Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2004
-
Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · since 2019
-
since 2012
-
since 2026
-
Cafés and bars · since 2012
-
Name of an establishment of MerryMakers · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2014
-
Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Izegem · since 2016
-
Agents and brokers in banking services · Tournai · since 2017
-
Name of an establishment of BRIGITTE · Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2018
-
Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2018
-
Joinery installation · Verviers · since 2019
-
Full-service restaurants · Roosdaal · since 2020
-
Name of an establishment of Coco · Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2021
-
Name of an establishment of MISS MOJO · Full-service restaurants · Schilde · since 2023
-
Event catering · since 2024
-
Cafés and bars · Kortrijk · since 2024
-
Other personal services · Beerse · since 2024
-
Name of an establishment of LESVIV · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2019