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.
“BERFIN”
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
30 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Oudergem · since 1987
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Oostende · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2013
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1993
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Activities of holding companies · Alken · since 2002
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Elsene · since 2013
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Freight transport by road · Aartselaar · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Liège · since 1979
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Charleroi · since 2020
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Lochristi · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Service et Financière · Elsene · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Roeselare · since 1995
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Grobbendonk · since 1999
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Detailhandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Development of residential building projects · Verviers · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Linter · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2021
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Computer programming · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2009
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Meerhout · since 2026
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2026
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since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Real estate agency activities · La Hulpe · since 1992
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other tax advisory services · Dilbeek · since 1973
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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of HARUN EXPRESS · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Evere · since 2019
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General cleaning of buildings · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Oreye · since 2015
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Genk · since 2020
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Insurance agents and brokers · Bierbeek · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Anderlecht · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Namur · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2009
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Jodoigne · since 1984