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.
“BBDV”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Advertising agencies · Zoersel · since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · Dilbeek · since 2021
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of BOUW DAK VOCHT · Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Gent · since 1964
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Support activities for crop production · La Louvière · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Bouw & Beton Driessens · General construction of residential buildings · Ardooie · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Belgische Demonstreerdersvereniging · Stabroek · since 1996
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Investigation and private security services · Estaimpuis · since 1998
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Computer programming · Poperinge · since 2000
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Logging · since 1979
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Abbreviation of Bulles de vie · Evere · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Bruges Belfry Darts · Activities of other sports clubs · Lochristi · since 2019
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Other technical testing and analysis · Ichtegem · since 2021
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Brussels Booking Desk · Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met zakelijke dienstverlening, n.e.g. · Elsene · since 2009
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Abbreviation of belcika besiktaslilar derneg · Schaarbeek · since 2005
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Abbreviation of BRIER BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT · Activities of holding companies · Bierbeek · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Bluebird Diamonds · Waterloo · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of OPTIEK VEERLE DE LAUW · Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Flobecq · since 1999
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Rochefort · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Kraainem · since 2022
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Verwerking van thee en koffie · Anderlecht · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Belgium Bulls Darts Federation · Activiteiten van sportbonden en -federaties · Herstal · since 2024
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Abbreviation of BRASSERIE BISTRO DEURNE · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Abbreviation of BODY BALANCE DETOX · Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Celles (lez-Tournai) · since 2024