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.
“BARELS”
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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Other information service activities · Dendermonde · since 2010
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Neer · since 1976
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Insurance agents and brokers · Roeselare · since 2024
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Groothandel in ijzerwaren · Rijkevorsel · since 1976
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Insurance agents and brokers · Herselt · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · since 2000
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Other human health activities · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Zottegem · since 2026
Names that resemble it 42 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Advertising agencies · Grez-Doiceau · since 1985
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Roofing work · Herstal · since 1992
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2020
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Andere drinkgelegenheden · since 2024
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Event catering · since 2024
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Enschede · since 1988
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Operation of sports facilities · Bornem · since 1989
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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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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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Machelen (Brab.) · since 1973
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Oud-Turnhout · since 2009
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Visual arts creation · Trooz · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 1974
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Machining of metals · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Bonheiden · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Ieper · 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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Full-service restaurants · since 1986
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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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Cafés and bars · Arlon · 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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Hove · since 1988
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Operation of sports facilities · Gent · since 1997