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.
“Bamboo”
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
27 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of BAMBOO BUSINESS CONSULTANTS · Business and other management consultancy · Jodoigne · since 2001
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1981
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Full-service restaurants · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of BMB BRANDS · Groothandel in granen en zaden · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2016
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Event catering · since 2018
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Antwerpen · since 2022
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Kapellen · since 2015
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Office administrative and support services · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Gent · since 2011
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Market research and public opinion polling · Deinze · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1989
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Blankenberge · since 2004
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2006
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of CIVATI · Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Gent · since 2009
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Brugge · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Turnhout · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Other building finishing work · Wemmel · since 2017
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Development of residential building projects · Beerse · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2022
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Retail sale of other household articles · Charleroi · since 2022
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Manufacture of outerwear · Kortrijk · since 1933
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of other household articles · Dilbeek · since 2007
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Gent · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Felies · Day nurseries and crèches · Schaarbeek · since 1979
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Namur · since 1999
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Antwerpen · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Aalter · since 1999
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Advertising agencies · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · since 1988
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Elsene · since 2019
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 2023
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2020
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Computer programming · since 2023
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 1990
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Nivelles · since 2007
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · since 1974
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Hairdressing and barber services · Koekelberg · since 2017
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Herselt · since 1985
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Development of residential building projects · Etterbeek · since 2014
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Sports and recreation education · Gent · since 2024
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Event catering · since 2026
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2021
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Evere · since 1982