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.
“BATAO”
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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Namur · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Belgian American Transworld Air Consolidators · Logistics services · Brussel · since 1972
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Name of an establishment of AGAPPI · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Dilbeek · since 2023
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2025
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2025
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Belgian Air Transport Association · Steenokkerzeel · since 1977
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Moussey · since 1985
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Retail sale of footwear · since 1988
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1985
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1987
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 1981
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of HDH Food Group · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Retail sale of bicycles · Gent · since 2018
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Freight transport by road · Seraing · since 2020
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Combined facilities support activities · Brasschaat · since 2008
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Brussel · since 1990
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Abbreviation of BUREAU D'ARCHITECTURE TRIEDRE · Activities of building architects · Binche · since 1995
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Waterloo · since 1998
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Antwerpen · since 2001
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2014
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Abbreviation of BA TECHNICS · Buying and selling of own real estate · Ardooie · since 2014
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Abbreviation of BAO Academy · Vocational training · Brussel · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Brussels Agentschap voor Ondernemerschap · Overheden van gemeenschappen en gewesten · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Belgian Anesthesia Trainees · Edegem · since 2018
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Abbreviation of de Bournonville Administration and Technologies · Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2019
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Abbreviation of BUILDING ART TECHNOLOGY · Other research and development on natural sciences · Schaarbeek · since 2019
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN ART ONLY · Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Temse · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Beast Art Team asbl · Mons · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Better Africa Today · Mechelen · since 2021
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Development of residential building projects · Herselt · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Office administrative and support services · Putte · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Bureau des Affaires de l'Ombre · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Merci Bao · Groothandel in andere akkerbouwproducten · Schaarbeek · since 2023
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Vermogensbeheer · Linkebeek · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Kapellen · since 1989
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Other business support services · Haacht · since 2016
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Brussel · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Kortrijk · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Belgian African Trading Cie · Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Brugge · since 1964