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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.

“BARUS”

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.

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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

5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • BARUS same name
    Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2024
  • Barun (sole trader) very similar
    Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2020
  • BARTUS very similar
    Non-specialised wholesale trade · Overijse · since 1996
  • BARKUS very similar
    Real estate agency activities · Charleroi · since 2024
  • Andere drinkgelegenheden · since 2025
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • BARU similar
    Other legal services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2021
  • BARÚ similar
    Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Diepenbeek · since 2003
  • BARU similar
    Abbreviation of BARU RAIL SERVICE · Service activities incidental to land transportation · Lanaken · since 2025
  • Barustiek similar
    Full-service restaurants · Evergem · since 2010
  • Vervaardiging van kleding van leer en van bont · since 2022
  • Baruma similar
    Name of an establishment of Tiritomba · Cafés and bars · Kortrijk · since 2025
  • B.A.R. similar
    Abbreviation of BELGIAN AIR RESCUE · Grimbergen · since 1990
  • BAR similar
    Abbreviation of BURO VOOR ARCHITEKTUUR · Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2001
  • Painting of buildings · since 2013
  • BAR similar
    Lochristi · since 2010
  • B-A. R. similar
    Abbreviation of Bon-Air Renouveau · Other amusement and recreation activities · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2011
  • Interior design · since 2026
  • .Bar similar
    Name of an establishment of MASH · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2005
  • B.A.R. similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Nieuwpoort · since 2007
  • B.A.R. similar
    Abbreviation of BAHAA ART & RESTORATION · Ukkel · since 2024
  • Bar V similar
    Event catering · Assenede · since 2025
  • Baruche similar
    Business and other management consultancy · De Haan · since 2021
  • Arus similar
    Construction of roads and motorways · Gent · since 2004
  • Bar'Uni similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Deinze · since 2023
  • BAR similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Other specialised construction activities · Putte · since 2007
  • BARACUS similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Antwerpen · since 2017

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