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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“BRAUN”

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

41 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • BRAUNONI BV similar
    Eindhoven · since 2013
  • Brauns, Jo (sole trader) similar
    Event catering · since 2025
  • Brauns, Els (sole trader) similar
    since 2012
  • Brauer similar
    Detailhandel in boeken · Brussel · since 1958
  • BRAUER similar
    Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Eupen · since 1989
  • BRAUZZ. similar
    Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Londerzeel · since 2020
  • BRA (sole trader) similar
    Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · since 2015
  • BRA² similar
    Abbreviation of Vriendenkring Brandweer Brakel · Brakel · since 2018
  • BRA similar
    Abbreviation of Benjamin REULIAUX Avocat · Activities of lawyers · Walhain · since 2023
  • B.R.A. similar
    Abbreviation of BEHEER- EN RENOVATIEADVIES · Activities of holding companies · Zwijndrecht · since 2003
  • B.R.A. similar
    Abbreviation of BALENS RECYCLAGE- & AANNEMINGSBEDRIJF · Site preparation · Dessel · since 2006
  • BRA similar
    Abbreviation of Basket-ball Referees Association · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2008
  • BRA similar
    Abbreviation of Brussels Rescue Academy · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2024
  • BRAUNTRUCK similar
    Freight transport by road · Eupen · since 1991
  • Brauns, Davy (sole trader) similar
    Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · since 2013
  • Brauns, Elie (sole trader) similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2026
  • Brauns, Inge (sole trader) similar
    Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2026
  • Braughy similar
    Advertising agencies · Beersel · since 2024

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