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.
“BatPat”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Gavere · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Nationale Patroondienst-Sociaal Secretariaat voor Kleine en Middelgrote Ondernemingen. · Office administrative and support services · Antwerpen · since 1946
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Ukkel · since 1982
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Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 1997
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Support activities for animal production · since 1994
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Brussel · since 1990
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Abbreviation of BUREAU D'ARCHITECTURE TRIEDRE · Activities of building architects · Binche · since 1995
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Antwerpen · since 2001
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2014
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Abbreviation of BA TECHNICS · Buying and selling of own real estate · Ardooie · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Belgian Anesthesia Trainees · Edegem · since 2018
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Abbreviation of de Bournonville Administration and Technologies · Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2019
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Abbreviation of BUILDING ART TECHNOLOGY · Other research and development on natural sciences · Schaarbeek · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Better Africa Today · Mechelen · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Office administrative and support services · Putte · since 2007
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Vermogensbeheer · Linkebeek · since 2025
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Abbreviation of BA Trading Partners Logistics · Office administrative and support services · Enghien · since 2011
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Plastering work · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Belgian African Trading Cie · Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Brugge · since 1964