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.
“Balako”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · Lokeren · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Elsene · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Oudsbergen · since 2016
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General medical practice · Vorst · since 2021
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Manufacture of outerwear · Waregem · since 2005
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2024
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN ASSOCIATION OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS · Etterbeek · since 1935
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Other education · since 2020
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Detailhandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Gent · since 2004
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Other specialised construction activities · Aalter · since 2008
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Deinze · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Havelange · since 1989
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Development of residential building projects · Ukkel · since 2015
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Hulshout · since 2018
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UDEN · since 2007
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Construction of roads and motorways · Oreye · since 1981
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Oreye · since 1990
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Performing arts by independent artists · Elsene · since 1992
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Roeselare · since 1994
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Arendonk · since 2000
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Holsbeek · since 2001
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Fitness centres · Anzegem · since 2014
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2002
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General medical practice · Bonheiden · since 2015
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Other retail sale of food
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Lebbeke · since 2016
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Psychology services · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2018
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Other retail sale of new goods · Sint-Niklaas · since 2018
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Sports and recreation education · since 2018
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Veterinary services · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of DENISE ROELANTS · Full-service restaurants · Edegem · since 2019
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Activities of lawyers · Verviers · since 2019
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Physiotherapy · Tielt · since 2019
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Ninove · since 2020
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Gent · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of BALADI BE · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2021
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Other education · Nijlen · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of 3JRE · Wholesale of other food products · Holsbeek · since 2021
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Other retail sale of food · since 2021
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2023
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2008
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2004
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Psychology services · since 2024
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Office administrative and support services · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Deinze · since 2026
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Psychology services · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2022