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.
“BASIC FOOD”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2015
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Event catering · since 2019
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Market research and public opinion polling · Hasselt · since 2002
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Liège · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of BUREAU ADMINISTRATIF ET SERVICES INDUSTRIEL CLEANING · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Elsene · since 2009
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Activities of independent sportspeople · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of BASIC-FIT BELGIUM · Fitness centres · Jette · since 2009
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Fitness centres · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of D&P BOOZE · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2017
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Mobile food service activities · Gent · since 2026
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Tielt · since 2000
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Sports and recreation education · Brugge · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Ath · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2019