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.
“BAYOU”
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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2026
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Geel · since 1992
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2020
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Site preparation · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Vorst · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of Les Huit Bonniers - Services d'Accueil ASBL · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Le Roeulx · since 1977
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Activities of building architects · since 1973
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Youth work associations · Ieper · since 2016
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Graphic design and visual communication · Nijlen · since 2017
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Day nurseries and crèches · Zaventem · since 2019
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Halle · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2020
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2020
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since 2022
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Fitness centres · Oudsbergen · since 2023
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Retail sale of footwear · since 2006
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Trade name of VIROM · Other printing · Waterloo · since 2007
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Vocational training · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Be You · Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Blégny · since 2024
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Gent · since 2009
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · since 1981
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Other business support services · Deinze · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Edegem · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2026
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2023
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1988
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Landscape service activities · since 2016
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General electrical installation work · Sint-Niklaas · since 2022
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Wemmel · since 2024
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · since 1993