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 Distribution”
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
30 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · Herentals · since 2011
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Herstal · since 2001
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1980
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Joinery installation · Boussu · since 1992
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1999
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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Waterloo · since 2013
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Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Fleurus · since 2023
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Abbreviation of BEETS RIGOT DISTRIBUTION · Vervaardiging van wapens en munitie · Wavre · since 2004
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 1988
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Abbreviation of HAUT DE FRANCE DISTRIBUTION · Lille · since 1994
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Rochefort · since 1995
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Wilmington - Delaware 19810 · since 1997
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2023
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN HALAL FOOD DISTRIBUTION · Wholesale of other food products · Brussel · since 2016
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Freight transport by road · Waterloo · since 2020
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · since 1996
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Brussel · since 2010
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Retail sale of household furniture · Wavre · since 2010
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Freight transport by road · Ukkel · since 2023
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2025
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Freight transport by road · Hotton · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Rixensart · since 2026
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Genk · since 2026
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2026
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Wholesale of other household goods · since 1995
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Elsene · since 1964
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Mechelen · since 1996
Names that resemble it 38 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of other food products · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Hélichryse Distribution · Other non-specialised retail sale · Mouscron · since 2018
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Other business support services · Merchtem · since 2008
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Hastière · since 1984
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2016
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Andenne · since 2018
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Tourcoing · since 1988
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Abbreviation of DISCOUNT HORRIFIANT DISTRIBUTION · Other non-specialised retail sale · Fosses-la-Ville · since 1991
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen · Ans · since 1993
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Retail sale of games and toys · Wavre · since 1998
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Blégny · since 1999
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Groothandel in ijzerwaren · Philippeville · since 2002
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lierneux · since 2003
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · Anderlues · since 2013
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Groothandel in spellen en speelgoed · Turnhout · since 2013
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Retail sale of household furniture · Thimister-Clermont · since 2013
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2017
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2017
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Orgeval · since 2012
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2018
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Advanced Technology Distribution · General electrical installation work · Anzegem · since 2021
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Dilbeek · since 2022
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Liège · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Other retail sale of new goods · Ukkel · since 2023
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LE MANS · since 2023
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Other business support services · Herselt · since 2009
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Plombières · since 2011
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2011
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Kontich · since 2004
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Freight transport by road · Chimay · since 2009
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Heuvelland · since 2010
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Elsene · since 1973
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Bernissart · since 1990
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Other postal and courier activities · Gerpinnes · since 2013
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Freight transport by road · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2004