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.
“BAVARD”
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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Productie van televisiefilms · Vorst · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Tournai · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Bavart Art House Gent · Gent · since 2011
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Groothandel in levende dieren, muv levend vee · Aywaille · since 1990
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Dendermonde · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of LCFB · Finishing of textiles · Wevelgem · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · Flémalle · since 2004
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Liège · since 2017
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Pig breeding farms · Aalter · since 2003
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Vermogensbeheer · Leuven · since 2018
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mouscron · since 2006
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Harelbeke · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Duffel · since 2006
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Nivelles · since 2008
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Real estate agency activities · De Haan · since 1989
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Land surveying · Tielt · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · Attert · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2004
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since 1995
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Abbreviation of Beheers- en Advieskantoor Van Vaerenbergh en Co · Business and other management consultancy · Zoersel · since 1986
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General construction of residential buildings · Rijkevorsel · since 1996
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Turnhout · since 2000
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Raising of dairy cattle · Kasterlee · since 2001
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Other construction installation · Zoersel · since 2015
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Ranst · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Aalter · since 2017
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Activities of other sports clubs · Brugge · since 2021
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Other information service activities · Peer · since 2022
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2023
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Joinery installation · Duffel · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Izegem · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Meise · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Leopoldsburg · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bertem · since 2025
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Other sports activities · Brecht · since 2025