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.
“Banana Lab”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of games and toys · Wavre · since 2023
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vermogensbeheer · Rixensart · since 2023
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2023
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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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Painting of buildings · since 2023
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · RIGA · since 2025
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Elsene · since 1986
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Full-service restaurants · since 1999
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Computer programming · Charleroi · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of BANANASK.COM · Other information technology and computer services · Schaarbeek · since 2006
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Turnhout · since 2025
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Drogenbos · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Bana Community asbl · Charleroi · 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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Cafés and bars · since 2023