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.
“BERRIN”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Computer programming · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2022
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Raising of other animals · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2005
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Activities of head offices · Tervuren · since 2024
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Oudergem · since 1987
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Other specialised construction activities · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Kortenberg · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2021
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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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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2026
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Kapellen · since 2016
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2023
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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Kortrijk · since 2001
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Brasschaat · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Wavre · since 2008
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Steenokkerzeel · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2003