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Name check

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.

“BRAYN”

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

7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • BRAYN same name
    Employment placement agencies · Antwerpen · since 2021
  • BRAYNS very similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2013
  • BRAYNZ very similar
    Office administrative and support services · Etterbeek · since 2020
  • b-rayZ AG very similar
    Schlieren · since 2023
  • BREYN very similar
    Physiotherapy · Gent · since 2019
  • Brann very similar
    Event catering · Gent · since 2019
  • Bruyn very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Sint-Truiden · since 2020
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • BRAYLA similar
    Ondersteunende activiteiten in verband met verzekeringen en pensioenfondsen, n.e.g. · Namur · since 2023
  • 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

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