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.
“BAVAT”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Tournai · since 2004
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Ranst · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Bavart Art House Gent · Gent · since 2011
Names that resemble it 46 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vermogensbeheer · Leuven · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mouscron · since 2006
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Aarschot · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Oostrozebeke · since 2023
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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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Activities of holding companies · Aalter · since 2017
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Activities of other sports clubs · Brugge · since 2021
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Productie van televisiefilms · Vorst · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · since 2022
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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
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Abbreviation of Brusselse Atletiekvereniging · Elsene · since 1979
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Abbreviation of BRAUNUNGSANLAGEN VERMIETUNGS-GESELLSCHAFT · Essen · since 1984
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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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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 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 Better Africa Today · Mechelen · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Belgische Asbestverwijdering · Storten of permanent opslaan · Herentals · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of Munteanu · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Office administrative and support services · Putte · since 2007
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Vermogensbeheer · Linkebeek · since 2025
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Soumagne · since 2026
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Pig breeding farms · Aalter · since 2003
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Trade name of Bouwadvies Van de Velde · Activities of building architects · Lille · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Zulte · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of BEVAFIN · Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Abbreviation of HENRI BAEKE & FREDERIK VANDENBRIELE - GEASSOCIEERDE NOTARISSEN · Activities of notaries · Oostende · since 2004
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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