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.
“BASTONNE”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of ING BELGIE · Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · Brussel · since 1935
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Brussel · since 1946
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van andere meubelen, n.e.g. · since 2009
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Physiotherapy · Knokke-Heist · since 2016
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Oudenbosch · since 1975
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Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 2015
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Abbreviation of BICS-ASSIETTES-TOITS · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · since 2009
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Site preparation · Mons · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Aterre · Site preparation · Lendelede · since 2025
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Oupeye · since 1995
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Other specialised construction activities · Zaventem · since 2016
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Painting of buildings · since 2020
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since 1987
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Oostende · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Belgian Association of Surgical Trainees · Other education · Ukkel · since 1998
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of Bast VZW · Performing arts by independent artists · Gent · since 2015
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Joinery installation · Riemst · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of One+ city · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Pelt · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Bornem · since 2021
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Computer programming · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · Wommelgem · since 2024
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Activiteiten van industriële designers · Zandhoven · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of FELIX & PERDU · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1993
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2021
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Mons · since 2002