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.
“BERKANT”
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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Proefboren en boren · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of ISRAA TRADING · Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Charleroi · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of BERKANE II · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1989
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Abbreviation of BERKANA EXPLOITATIEMAATSCHAPPIJ · Freight transport by road · Schoten · since 1999
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Antwerpen · since 1998
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Psychology services · since 2012
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WILMINGTON · since 2000
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2007
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Joinery installation · Liedekerke · since 2001
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · Brasschaat · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Dessel · since 2007
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2024
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · since 2024
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Retail sale of household furniture · Maasmechelen · since 2018
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Antwerpen · since 1994
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Other building finishing work · Schaarbeek · since 2008
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Plastering work · Turnhout · since 2023
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Antwerpen · since 1998
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Freight transport by road · Vilvoorde · since 2009
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zutendaal · since 2004
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since 2015
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since 2018
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since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of BEGELEIDINGSCENTRUM SINT - ELISABETH · Instellingen met huisvesting voor minderjarigen met een mentale handicap · Peer · since 1978
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mechelen · since 1984
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Detailhandel in overige bouwmaterialen, n.e.g. · Brasschaat · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of KOFFIE ONAN · Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2004
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since 2013
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2018
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since 2024
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Roofing work · since 2021
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Site preparation · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Development of residential building projects · Herk-de-Stad · since 2021
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Gent · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Event catering · Liège · since 2023
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General medical practice · since 2024
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Dilbeek · since 2025
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2013
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Essen · since 2009