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.
“Balfa”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of head offices · Zwalm · since 2024
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Vermogensbeheer · Asse · since 2016
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Advertising agencies · Herentals · since 1990
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Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2020
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Logistics services · since 2020
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Other specialised construction activities · Anderlecht · since 2000
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Gent · since 2023
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1954
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Abbreviation of Algemene Filmondernemingen Aalst · Schaarbeek · since 1950
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Abbreviation of Aide Liégeoise aux Alcooliques, aux toxicomanes et à leur Famille · Ambulante hulpverlening aan drugs- en alcoholverslaafden · Liège · since 1962
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION LIEGEOISE DE FOOTBALL AMATEUR · Crisnée · since 1978
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1981
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Blankenberge · since 1984
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Mechelen · since 1984
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Leuven · since 1985
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Name of an establishment · Pre-press and pre-media services · Temse · since 1989
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Duffel · since 1990
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Truiden · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · Roeselare · since 2013
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Alfa Archeologie · Leuven · since 2017
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Asse · since 2020
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2022
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Havelange · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of APVE · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Sint-Niklaas · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 1978
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2025
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Brussel · since 1975
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Abbreviation of Bouwmaatschappij Antwerpen-Limburg · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1966
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2017
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1964
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Keerbergen · since 1991