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.
“BARTELS GD”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Beringen · since 1987
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Neer · since 1976
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Joinery installation · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Oud-Turnhout · since 2009
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2015
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2025
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Support activities for animal production · since 2021
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since 1997
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Painting of buildings · since 2006
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2001
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van ander technisch aardewerk · since 2025
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Activities of lawyers · Brugge · since 2018
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Ieper · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van vloerkleden en tapijt · Ronse · since 1981
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Vocational training · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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Joinery installation · Beersel · since 2008
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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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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Advertising agencies · since 1996
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Name of an establishment · 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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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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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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Name of an establishment · 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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Activities of building architects · Oostende · since 2005
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Real estate agency activities · since 2008
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Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2026