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.
“BARVI”
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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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Visé · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Poperinge · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Durbuy · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Belgian Academy of Research and Vocational Qualification · Brussel · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Risk and damage evaluation · Gent · since 1987
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2014
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Brugse Autorodeo Vereniging · Brugge · since 1967
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Andere drinkgelegenheden · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lens (Hainaut) · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · Beernem · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Compass Group Belgium · Contract catering and other food service activities · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1971
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Cafés and bars · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Visé · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Brugge · since 2019
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Rumst · since 1999
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Mobile food service activities · since 2025
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN AIR RESCUE · Grimbergen · since 1990
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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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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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Event catering · Assenede · since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Herstal · since 1986
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Full-service restaurants · Lier · since 1996
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of TOI TOI · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Mortsel · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Aartselaar · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · Chimay · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2026
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since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van zuivelproducten · Esneux · since 2010
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Photography, excluding press photography · Geel · since 2006
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Other specialised construction activities · Putte · since 2007