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.
“Bar V”
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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN AIR RESCUE · Grimbergen · since 1990
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Abbreviation of BURO VOOR ARCHITEKTUUR · Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2001
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Painting of buildings · since 2013
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Lochristi · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Bon-Air Renouveau · Other amusement and recreation activities · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2011
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Interior design · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of MASH · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Nieuwpoort · since 2007
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Abbreviation of BAHAA ART & RESTORATION · Ukkel · since 2024
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Event catering · Assenede · since 2025
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Other specialised construction activities · Putte · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of KOLLEKTIV PRODUCTIONS · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Turnhout · since 2018
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Name of an establishment · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Name of an establishment · Event catering · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
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Mobile food service activities · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of TOI TOI · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Andere drinkgelegenheden · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Aartselaar · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · Beernem · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2026
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Trade name of Thom’As Events · Cafés and bars · Charleroi · since 2023
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Brugse Autorodeo Vereniging · Brugge · since 1967
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Name of an establishment · Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of B4&more · Event catering · Olen · since 2001
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Activities of interior architects · Gent · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Harelbeke · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Dilbeek · since 2016
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2017
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Name of an establishment · Event catering · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Lier · since 2018
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Temse · since 2018
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 1994
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Name of an establishment · Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · Lanaken · since 2019
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2019
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Other legal services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2021
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Moerbeke (Waas) · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Tournai · since 2023
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Diepenbeek · since 2003
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Real estate agency activities · since 2008
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Abbreviation of BARU RAIL SERVICE · Service activities incidental to land transportation · Lanaken · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Durbuy · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Belgian Academy of Research and Vocational Qualification · Brussel · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · Zonhoven · since 2012
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Visé · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Belgian Air Rent Company · Personenvervoer door de lucht · Wortegem-Petegem · since 1989
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2019