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.
“Barkans”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · Diest · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2026
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Aalst · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of FACTORY 24 · Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · Chimay · since 2005
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Temse · since 2020
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Beernem · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of BRASSERIE 3 · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Hasselt · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of Elite Groep · Advertising agencies · Aalter · since 2019
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Rotselaar · since 1993
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Activities of holding companies · Lokeren · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of COSTAMARIA · Cafés and bars · Koksijde · since 2017
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Event catering · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 1994
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Literary creation · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of VZW DE LIEVE ROEDEL · Cafés and bars · Lievegem · since 2025
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Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · since 2001
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2025
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2025
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Freight transport by road · Boechout · since 1987
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · since 2021
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Anderlecht · since 2026
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Other building finishing work · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1996
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kortrijk · since 2013
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Other specialised design activities · since 2018
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2024
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2021
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Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Lummen · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of RF BO · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Wavre · since 2023
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Drogenbos · since 2025
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 2020