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.
“BEF”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Abbreviation of Bureau d'etudes financières · Other tax advisory services · Nivelles · since 1972
-
Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1985
-
Abbreviation of Beuzet en Fête · Gembloux · since 2015
-
Land surveying · since 1999
-
Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Wattrelos · since 2021
-
Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2024
-
Abbreviation of Boh' En Forme · Vresse-sur-Semois · since 2025
-
Abbreviation of BUREAU D'ETUDES J.P. FEYENS · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1987
-
Abbreviation of be Feminist · Vorst · since 2013
Names that resemble it 48 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Abbreviation of BEHEER- EXPLOITATIE- EN FINANCIERINGSONDERNEMINGBV · Houten · since 1996
-
Algemeen welzijnswerk zonder huisvesting · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2014
-
Other legal services · since 2026
-
Abbreviation of Best Finance Management · Business and other management consultancy · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2006
-
Abbreviation of Belgian Elite Football Academy · Grimbergen · since 2024
-
Gent · since 1949
-
Abbreviation of Koninklijke Belgische Federatie voor Onderwateronderzoek- · Anderlecht · since 1957
-
Activities of holding companies · Liège · since 1979
-
Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 1991
-
Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Malle · since 1994
-
Business and other management consultancy · Alken · since 1996
-
Abbreviation of BELGIAN FILMS PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION · Vorst · since 2014
-
Fitness centres · Aalter · since 2016
-
Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2016
-
Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Sombreffe · since 2018
-
Name of an establishment of CARTO · Activiteiten op het gebied van psychotherapie · Oostende · since 2018
-
Abbreviation of Belgische Escaperoomfederatie · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Geel · since 2019
-
Name of an establishment of FOODBRO & CIE · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2020
-
Other sports activities · since 2023
-
Name of an establishment of Be Fly asbl · Activities of other sports clubs · Sprimont · since 2023
-
Activities of holding companies · De Panne · since 2010
-
Libramont-Chevigny · since 2010
-
Groothandel in andere intermediaire producten, n.e.g. · Brussel · since 2011
-
Non-specialised wholesale trade · Rixensart · since 2011
-
Vervaardiging van stortklare beton · Middelkerke · since 2004
-
Fitness centres · since 2006
-
Physiotherapy · Alken · since 2007
-
Business and other management consultancy · Wavre · since 2007
-
Sports and recreation education · since 2008
-
Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
-
Abbreviation of BUSINESS ETHICS · Brussel · since 1987
-
Abbreviation of LE BUREAU ETUDIANT · Brussel · since 1998
-
Grez-Doiceau · since 1999
-
General construction of residential buildings · Lochristi · since 2014
-
Public relations and communication consultancy · Geel · since 2014
-
Office administrative and support services · Etterbeek · since 2017
-
Abbreviation of BAKALA-EVENTS · La Hulpe · since 2018
-
Abbreviation of Belleflamme – Economic Expertise & Education · Public relations and communication consultancy · Namur · since 2019
-
Abbreviation of Béton exotique · Vorst · since 2021
-
Abbreviation of BOUCLIER D'ESPOIR · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2021
-
Manufacture of jewellery · since 2021
-
Abbreviation of BIEN-ETRE Sport et Santé · Jette · since 2009
-
Abbreviation of BIZZY ENTERTAINMENT · Elsene · since 2011
-
Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2011
-
Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2012
-
Activities of holding companies · Schilde · since 2007
-
Abbreviation of Bisschop Estate · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2024
-
Leuven · since 2013