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.
“BUF”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Brussels Urban Fermentory · Brussel · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of B-F admin · Other business support services · Zandhoven · since 2014
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Uitgeest · since 1998
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Abbreviation of BYUSFORUS · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Schaarbeek · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Belgian Unidentified Object Information · Antwerpen · since 1966
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Market research and public opinion polling · Mechelen · since 2018
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2020
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Abbreviation of VZW Belgisch UFO Netwerk · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Aalst · since 2021
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Nursing and midwifery · Alken · since 2026
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Abbreviation of BELGIUM UNITED · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · Willebroek · since 2011
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Rotselaar · since 2008
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Abbreviation of BUSINESS FINANCE · Mons · since 1983