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.
“Banananas”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Advertising agencies · Temse · since 2012
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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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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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Name of an establishment of BANANASK.COM · Other information technology and computer services · Schaarbeek · since 2006
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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
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tielt · since 2024
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Elsene · since 1986
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Drogenbos · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · Pelt · since 2017
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Computer programming · Charleroi · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Bana Community · Charleroi · since 2023
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Laakdal · since 2009
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2007
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since 2008
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Saint-Ghislain · since 2025
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Retail sale of games and toys · Wavre · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Advies voor nieuwe artistieke natuurlijke en authentieke schildertechnieken · Zoersel · since 1999
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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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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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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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Name of an establishment of LE STANLEY · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of TEN BEAUFORT · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Schoten · since 1987
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Other social work without accommodation · Arlon · since 2023
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2025
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since 2026
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Graphic design and visual communication · Gent · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of BOUKCHOUR CONCEPT · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2020
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Other information technology and computer services · Boechout · since 2009
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Advertising agencies · Vilvoorde · since 2009
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Youth work associations · since 2009
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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
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Cafés and bars · since 2023