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.
“Barbary”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2002
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Oostende · since 2020
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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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Full-service restaurants · since 2023
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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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Zwevegem · since 1993
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2017
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Production of cinema films · Rixensart · since 2017
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Literary creation · since 2014
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Verhuur en lease van vrachtwagens · since 2015
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 1991
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Veterinary services · since 1992
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · Berlare · since 2012
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of BB Bardo · Full-service restaurants · Turnhout · since 2014
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Streetfox · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Harelbeke · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Klusdienst-OK · Full-service restaurants · Grobbendonk · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · Enghien · since 2018
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Brugge · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of MMVJ · Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of EUFRAZIE · Full-service restaurants · Kontich · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Lokeren · since 2022
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Event catering · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2023
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Zottegem · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van lampen · since 2025
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Brussel · since 1941
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1997
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2000
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Mechelen · since 2017
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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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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · Berlaar · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Hamont-Achel · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · since 2012
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since 2001
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Herve · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2024
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2024
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · Ichtegem · since 2025
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of KONINGINNEHOF · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 1972
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Name of an establishment of ALFA EXPERTS · Risk and damage evaluation · Bredene · since 1996
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2021
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Antwerpen · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of Morvin · Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Poperinge · since 2019