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.
“BASTIEN GROUP”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Lens (Hainaut) · since 1963
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Vorst · since 1989
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Activities of lawyers · Namur · since 1991
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Ath · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Kalmthout · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2025
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sports and recreation education · since 2022
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Other postal and courier activities · Brussel · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kampenhout · since 2013
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Raising of horses and other equines · since 2022
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2015
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Deinze · since 2020
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2024
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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Activities of building architects · since 2025
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · since 2020
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Support activities for crop production · since 2017
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since 2017
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General electrical installation work · Zaventem · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2020
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Charleroi · since 2022
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Freight transport by road · Mechelen · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2018
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General cleaning of buildings · Antwerpen · since 2020