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.
“BBAUW”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activiteiten van financieringskanalen · Oostkamp · since 2025
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Other education · Lochristi · since 2021
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Graphic design and visual communication · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of Boone Advocaten · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · since 2019
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Turnhout · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Roosdaal · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2011
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2012
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Antwerpen · since 2006
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Apotheek Verfaillie · Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Tielt · since 1991
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Abbreviation of British Belgian Association · Antwerpen · since 1965
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Abbreviation of Brussels Basket Association · Brussel · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Belgian Business Agency · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1992
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Bocholt · since 1993
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Abbreviation of BELGIUM - BANGLADESH ASSOCIATION · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Biométhane du Bois d'Arnelle · Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Les Bons Villers · since 2016
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN BIOETHANOL ASSOCIATION · Brussel · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Business Building Association · Business and other management consultancy · Rixensart · since 2010
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2013
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Abbreviation of BLACK BELT ACADEMY · Elsene · since 2003
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION · Brussel · since 2004
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Abbreviation of BASTOGNE BALADE ARDENNES · Bastogne · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Belgian Briard Association · Other personal services · Moorslede · since 2025
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Abbreviation of BEST BETAALD AUTOBEDRIJF · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Wommelgem · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Belgian Breaking Association · Namur · since 2026
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Lochristi · since 2014
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Development of residential building projects · Knokke-Heist · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Lier · since 1995