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.
“Barcabel”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1965
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2011
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cafés and bars · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Baby Belgium · Antwerpen · since 1969
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Name of an establishment of L'EQUIPE · Activiteiten van psychiatrische ziekenhuizen · Anderlecht · since 1963
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Full-service restaurants · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1987
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Wezembeek-Oppem · since 1998
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Kortemark · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of BAUWENS & BENOIT INTERIOR ARCHITECTS · Activities of interior architects · Destelbergen · since 2018
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Antwerpen · since 2005
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Mechelen · since 2026
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Moorslede · since 2017
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Knokke-Heist · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2020
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Dilbeek · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of Club A · Cafés and bars · Waregem · since 2022
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Huldange 9984 · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Freight transport by road · Meise · since 2022
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Other business support services · Bornem · since 2008
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Brussel · since 2004
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Cafés and bars · Oudergem · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2022
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Manageful · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Gent · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Centrale d'Achats de Bières, Eaux et Limonades-Centrale Aankoop van Bieren Waters en Limonaden · Vorst · since 1967
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Brussel · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2024
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Liège · since 1992
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1997
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Cafés and bars · Kapellen · since 2009
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Schaarbeek · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Belgian Air Rent Company · Personenvervoer door de lucht · Wortegem-Petegem · since 1989