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.
“BLAVAN”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Saint-Ghislain · since 2023
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Avelgem · since 1980
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Land surveying · Tielt · since 2018
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Zedelgem · since 2003
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Tournai · since 1976
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Knokke-Heist · since 1988
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Harelbeke · since 1991
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Alken · since 1994
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Oudenaarde · since 1995
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Roeselare · since 2016
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Coating of metals · since 2017
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Insurance agents and brokers · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2022
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Lichtervelde · since 2010
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Development of residential building projects · Brugge · since 2012
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Bonheiden · since 2007
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Maldegem · since 2025
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Koksijde · since 2025
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of FONDATION BLAN · Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Elsene · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Ieper · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Eghezée · since 2013
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Oostende · since 1991
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2026
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Seraing · since 1989