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.
“BPA”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of BENELUX PAPER AGENCIES · Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Antwerpen · since 1986
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Lier · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Diest · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Belgian Public Affairs · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Wavre · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Bergsportvereniging Provincie Antwerpen · Activities of other sports clubs · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Herstal · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Belgium Padel Academy · Activiteiten van overige balsportclubs · Brasschaat · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Brustem Pilot Association · Diensten in verband met de luchtvaart · Sint-Truiden · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Baudouin Padel Academy · Dilbeek · since 2026
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Computer programming · since 2016
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Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · Antwerpen · since 2006
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of British Primary Parent Association · Tervuren · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Belgium Parts & Accessories Company · Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Grobbendonk · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Blue Planet Academy & Consulting · Computer programming · Anderlecht · since 2011
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Other legal services · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of BEPAID · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Fleurus · since 2018
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Market research and public opinion polling · Leuven · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2019
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2008
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Bierbeek · since 2011
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since 1991
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Abbreviation of New BelgiumPoker · Cerfontaine · since 2013
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Abbreviation of The Bracket Percussion · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen
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Abbreviation of Buurtcomité Pontfort · Retie · since 2013
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2015
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Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Ballon PO · Malmedy · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Blijven Plakken · Andere drinkgelegenheden · Schaarbeek · since 2017
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1998
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1983
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Abbreviation of BELGIUMPOKER · Cerfontaine · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of BPKWADRAAT · Proefboren en boren · Tremelo · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Brass Party · Performing arts by independent artists · Lochristi · since 2023
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Overige activiteiten op het gebied van telecommunicatie · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of BEN PROJECT · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Anderlecht · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of BAKIJI · Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Elsene · since 2018