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.
“BARE”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Roofing work · Herstal · since 1992
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Degrève · Full-service restaurants · Geraardsbergen · since 2001
Names that resemble it 55 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE COOPERATIVE D'EXPLOITATION COMMERCIALES BAREX · Brussel · since 1986
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Mixed farming · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Belgian Association for Registration of European Ergonomists · Brussel · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Belgian Association of Research Ethics Committees · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of TINO B · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · Heusden-Zolder · since 2020
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Other information service activities · Herselt · since 2021
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2010
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Performing arts by independent artists · Herselt · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Truiden · since 2008
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Sint-Truiden · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Lievegem · since 2024
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Gistel · since 1986
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Risk and damage evaluation · Gent · since 1987
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Waterloo · since 1990
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN AIR RESCUE · Grimbergen · since 1990
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Abbreviation of BURO VOOR ARCHITEKTUUR · Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2001
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Painting of buildings · since 2013
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Nursing and midwifery · Aarschot · since 2014
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Travel agency activities · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · Lichtervelde · since 2017
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Other information service activities · Dendermonde · since 2010
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Lochristi · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Bon-Air Renouveau · Other amusement and recreation activities · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2011
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Interior design · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of MASH · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2005
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Other financial services · Brussel · since 2006
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Other specialised construction activities · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Nieuwpoort · since 2007
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Other human health activities · since 2025
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Nursing and midwifery · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2024
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Abbreviation of BAHAA ART & RESTORATION · Ukkel · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Bonheiden · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Paliseul · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · Mechelen · since 2024
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Elsene · since 2026
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2026
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Elsene · since 1980
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Zaventem · since 1988
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Merchtem · since 1988
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Abbreviation of BASWARE BELGIUM · Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Gent · since 2012
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Cafés and bars · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 2015
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Name of an establishment · Insurance agents and brokers · Wingene · since 2018
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Name of an establishment · Machining of metals · Leopoldsburg · since 2008
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Development of residential building projects · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2011
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Cafés and bars · since 2011
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Gent · since 2004
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Diepenbeek · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 1996
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Operation of sports facilities · Gent · since 1997
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Other specialised construction activities · Putte · since 2007
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Cafés and bars · Evergem · since 2014
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of household furniture · Knokke-Heist · since 2008