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.
“Banaka”
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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Youth work associations · since 2009
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Abbreviation of EFFUSIONS DE CULTURES · Anderlecht · since 2002
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Groothandel in motorfietsen, delen en toebehoren van motorfietsen · Zandhoven · since 1986
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Grez-Doiceau · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of BARAKA BELGIE · Groothandel in kledingaccessoires · Brussel · since 1988
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Brussel · since 1992
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Knokke-Heist · since 1993
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Schaarbeek · since 1995
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Elsene · since 1995
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Mouscron · since 2013
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2019
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Hasselt · since 2018
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Paris · since 2014
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2022
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Gent · since 2010
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Wholesale of other food products · since 2024
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Wholesale of other food products · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2024
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Dental practice · Liège · since 2026
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Malle · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of AMAVI · Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2007
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Zottegem · since 1990
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Groothandel in machines voor de mijnbouw, de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1992
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Drogenbos · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Diepenbeek · since 2002
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Oudenaarde · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Bana Community asbl · Charleroi · since 2023
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Abbreviation of BANA KONGO ANTWERPEN · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Laakdal · since 2009
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since 2008
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Other information technology and computer services · Schilde · since 1983
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Business and other management consultancy · Putte · since 1996
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mol · since 2014
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Asse · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Welkenraedt · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2023
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2015
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1995
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Sports and recreation education · since 2015
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Brussel · since 2010
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Antwerpen · since 1979
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Cafés and bars · Lier · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of 647 ACTIVATIONS · Business and other management consultancy · Vilvoorde · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2001
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Cafés and bars · since 2013
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Cafés and bars · since 2015
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Advertising agencies · Temse · since 2012
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of PHIMA · Cafés and bars · Waregem · since 2006
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tielt · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brugge · since 2024
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Other membership organisations · Duffel · since 2025