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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“BUG”

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.

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Same or very similar names

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • BUG same name
    Abbreviation of Belgian Users Group HP-Technical Computers · Elsene · since 1983
  • BUG same name
    Abbreviation of Bottom Up Games · Computer programming · Ukkel · since 2022
  • BUG same name
    Market research and public opinion polling · Willebroek · since 2010
  • Sole trader very similar
    Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2001
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Buga similar
    Groothandel in andere motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · Westerlo · since 1972
  • BUUG similar
    Abbreviation of Belgian Umbraco User Group · Gent · since 2014
  • Sole trader similar
    Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden
  • BUGO similar
    Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Wielsbeke · since 2023
  • BUGG similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Lanaken · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    Real estate agency activities · since 2006
  • BUGG'S similar
    Real estate agency activities · Buggenhout · since 1991
  • Sole trader similar
    Full-service restaurants · since 1985
  • Bugg's similar
    Name of an establishment of OLIVIER.90 · Full-service restaurants · Schaarbeek · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Tourist information services · since 2024
  • BU similar
    Abbreviation of BELGIUM UNITED · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2014
  • B.U similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Willebroek · since 2011
  • Bu-V similar
    Wholesale of wines and spirits · Rotselaar · since 2008
  • BUGI similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Non-specialised wholesale trade · Liège · since 2000

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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