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.
“Barbarossa”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Antwerpen · since 1996
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2015
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · Charleroi · since 2001
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Event catering · since 2024
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2016
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2017
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · since 2019
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since 2003
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2026
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Psychology services · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2020
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since 2026
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Maasmechelen · since 2024
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Production of cinema films · Rixensart · since 2017
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Activiteiten van geldmarkt- en niet-geldmarktbeleggingsfondsen · Leuven · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of MMVJ · Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2022
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2024
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Vermogensbeheer · Hasselt · since 2024
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · Ichtegem · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · La Hulpe · since 2001
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2016
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General electrical installation work · since 2017
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Abbreviation of BARBAR CLOTHING · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Lommel · since 2025
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Support activities for animal production · Wingene · since 2025
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Zwevegem · since 1993
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Harelbeke · since 1997
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Verwerking en conservering van groenten, exclusief productie van diepgevroren groenten · since 2023
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2002
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2017
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Oostende · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2023
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Literary creation · since 2014
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Insulation installation · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of BUGGEN · Proefboren en boren · Meise · since 2005
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since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Berlare · since 2012