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.
“BARTCO”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Balen · since 2022
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News agency activities · Mechelen · since 1999
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2017
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Gent · since 2000
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Joinery installation · Herentals · since 2014
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General electrical installation work · since 2011
Names that resemble it 51 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Braine-le-Comte · since 2017
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Other education · since 2012
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Kortrijk · since 1991
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Ninove · since 1995
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Activities of interior architects · Gent · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of B.ART.INVEST · Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Vorst · since 2013
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2013
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Activities of independent sportspeople · since 2014
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Advertising agencies · since 1996
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Other building finishing work · since 2015
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Joinery installation · Ninove · since 2015
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Trade name of Bouw Aanleg Renovatie Tegels · Bricklaying and masonry work · Tervuren · since 2016
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2017
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 1998
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Detailhandel in ijzerwaren en gereedschappen · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Lier · since 2018
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · As · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2014
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2019
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2019
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Painting of buildings · since 1994
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Bouwcoördinatie en Alle Realisaties van Totaalprojecten · General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van gedistilleerde dranken door distilleren, rectificeren en mengen · Sint-Niklaas · since 2021
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · since 2022
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Abbreviation of BERNARD-AUTO-RACING-TEAM · Wanze · since 2011
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Tourist information services · since 2017
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Activities of building architects · Oostende · since 2005
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Real estate agency activities · since 2008
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2025
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Abbreviation of B-Art Productions · Lier · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2026
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Development of residential building projects · Middelkerke · since 2016
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Support activities for animal production · Ieper · since 2020
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Other business support services · since 2021
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Other information service activities · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2022
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Manufacture of beer · since 2023
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · Avelgem · since 1990
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Kapellen · since 2020
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Putte · since 2011
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Painting of buildings · since 2007
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Maaseik · since 2021
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Development of residential building projects · Aartselaar · since 2005
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Literary creation · since 2025
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KORSCHENBROICH · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of BDP Foodbrands · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2021