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.
“BARK”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Rotselaar · since 1993
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Activities of holding companies · Lokeren · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of COSTAMARIA · Cafés and bars · Koksijde · since 2017
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Event catering · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 1994
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Literary creation · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of VZW DE LIEVE ROEDEL · Cafés and bars · Lievegem · since 2025
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Pet training · Huldenberg · since 2021
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Antwerpen · since 2001
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Beernem · since 2019
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Other business support services · since 2022
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Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Lummen · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of RF BO · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Wavre · since 2023
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Drogenbos · since 2025
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN AIR RESCUE · Grimbergen · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 1993
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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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Kippenkwekerijen · Philippeville · since 2017
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Vocational training · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Waregem · since 2020
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Etterbeek · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2026
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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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Name of an establishment of MASH · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Nieuwpoort · since 2007
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Abbreviation of BAHAA ART & RESTORATION · Ukkel · since 2024
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Real estate agency activities · Charleroi · since 2024
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Elsene · since 2025
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Name of Barolo · Cafés and bars · Kortrijk · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mol · since 2026
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Lochristi · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of LOWIE · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Aalst · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of BRASSERIE 3 · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Hasselt · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zoersel · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of Elite Groep · Advertising agencies · Aalter · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of MAJESTIC PADEL · Retail sale of other sporting goods · Brugge · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Vilvoorde · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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Development of non-residential building projects · Lommel · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · Diest · since 2025
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Kortrijk · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2017
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Diepenbeek · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Geraardsbergen · since 2008
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 2020
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Other specialised construction activities · Putte · since 2007
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Event catering · Niel · since 2018