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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“Barnstein”

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.

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Same or very similar names

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Barnstein same name
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Beringen · since 2014
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • BAUSTEIN similar
    Eupen · since 2003
  • BARNS similar
    Other building finishing work · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1996
  • BARNS similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kortrijk · since 2013
  • BAGELSTEIN similar
    Name of an establishment of LES BIG BROTHERS · Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Brussel · since 2010
  • Sole trader similar
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · since 2007
  • BARN similar
    Name of an establishment of Vincere Consulting · Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2002
  • BARN similar
    Name of an establishment of BOTANIX · Cafés and bars · Brugge · since 2015
  • B.A.R.N. similar
    Literary creation · Beersel · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Cafés and bars · since 2023
  • Stein similar
    Herne · since 1977
  • STEIN similar
    Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 1987
  • Sole trader similar
    Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · since 2023
  • BARN similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Event catering · Niel · since 2018

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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