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.
“Barbotine”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · since 2006
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Literary creation · Lievegem · since 2022
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Physiotherapy · since 2010
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Ganshoren · since 2017
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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since 1974
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Name of an establishment of FirstClass · Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Waregem · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of ALFA EXPERTS · Risk and damage evaluation · Bredene · since 1996
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since 1995
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Physiotherapy · Roeselare · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of CATRO · Event catering · Leuven · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · Aalst · since 2014
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Gent · since 2014
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Cafés and bars · Tienen · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Dendermonde · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · Edegem · since 2021
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Other building finishing work · since 2025
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Gent · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of ET ALORS · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Harelbeke · since 2016
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Event catering · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2023