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.
“BORAN”
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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Buying and selling of own real estate · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · Zoutleeuw · since 2023
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Dendermonde · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Elsene · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Ieper · since 2013
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Other building finishing work · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of BORACTRANS · Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · Dentergem · since 1987
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2013
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Proefboren en boren · Oostkamp · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · Beersel · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · Huldenberg · since 2016
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2003
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2003
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Edegem · since 1983
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Antwerpen · since 1994
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN OFF ROAD ASSOCIATION · Brussel · since 1973
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Belgian Offshore Racing Association · Nijlen · since 1992
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Veterinary services · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2016
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Willebroek · since 2023
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since 2021
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Ondersteunende activiteiten in verband met de aardolie- en aardgaswinning · Beringen · since 1973
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Lichtervelde · since 1987
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Aarschot · since 1992
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Ganshoren · since 2000
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · La Hulpe · since 2002
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Vermogensbeheer · Ukkel · since 2018
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Cafés and bars · since 2019
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Verviers · since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · Brussel · since 2022
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Elsene · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · Genk · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Begijnendijks Onafhankelijk Radiostation · Contract catering and other food service activities · Mechelen · since 1982
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · Gent · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2002
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Vervaardiging van kunststofartikelen voor de bouw · Aalter · since 1982
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De Haan · since 1985
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Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 1987
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General construction of residential buildings · Deerlijk · since 1993
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Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1994
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Mons · since 1998
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Vervaardiging van schakel- en verdeelinrichtingen · Bocholt · since 2016
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Name of an establishment · Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2020
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Turnhout · since 2023
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since 2023
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since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2007
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Cafés and bars · Etterbeek · since 2016
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Roeselare · since 2021