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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“BARKEY”

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

9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • BARKEY same name
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Waregem · since 2020
  • Barke very similar
    Name of an establishment of RF BO · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Wavre · since 2023
  • BARKER very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 1993
  • BARKET very similar
    Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Etterbeek · since 2023
  • MARKEY very similar
    Name of an establishment of FLOWER FANTASIES · Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Zaventem · since 1994
  • MARKEY very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1997
  • Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 1994
  • BARLEY very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Vosselaar · since 2019
  • BACKEY very similar
    Name of an establishment of KEYTECHNIK · Groothandel in meet-, controle- en navigatieinstrumenten · Herentals · since 2003
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • BARKEEP similar
    Cafés and bars · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1991
  • bARK similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Rotselaar · since 1993
  • BARK similar
    Activities of holding companies · Lokeren · since 2014
  • Bar-k similar
    Name of an establishment of COSTAMARIA · Cafés and bars · Koksijde · since 2017
  • bark similar
    Event catering · Antwerpen · since 2017
  • Performing arts by independent artists · since 1994
  • Literary creation · since 2021
  • BARk similar
    Name of an establishment of VZW DE LIEVE ROEDEL · Cafés and bars · Lievegem · since 2025
  • BARKA similar
    Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Antwerpen · since 2001
  • On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2024
  • BARKA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Beernem · since 2019
  • Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · since 2022
  • Barks similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · Lummen · since 2023
  • BARKI similar
    On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Drogenbos · since 2025
  • Computer programming · since 2019
  • BARKIP similar
    Kippenkwekerijen · Philippeville · since 2017
  • Vocational training · since 2018
  • Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2026
  • BARKUS similar
    Real estate agency activities · Charleroi · since 2024
  • Barkru similar
    Elsene · since 2025
  • Barkor similar
    Name of Barolo · Cafés and bars · Kortrijk · since 2025
  • BARKIN similar
    Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Lochristi · since 2026
  • BARKAT similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 2020

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