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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Becra”

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

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Becra same name
    Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Mol · since 2019
  • BeCRO very similar
    Activities of professional membership organisations · Brussel · since 2010
  • Biecra very similar
    Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Maasmechelen · since 2020
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • BEC similar
    Abbreviation of Belgisch Elektrotechnisch Comité · Other printing · Brussel · since 1925
  • BEC similar
    Abbreviation of BENELUX EXTRA CARD · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1983
  • B.E.C. similar
    Name of an establishment of BUILDING ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS INTERNATIONAL · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Courcelles · since 1984
  • B.E.C. similar
    Abbreviation of Belgian Expatriation Consultants · Oostende · since 1987
  • BEC similar
    Abbreviation of BROTHER EAGLES CLUB · Dinant · since 1995
  • B.E.C. similar
    Abbreviation of BUREAU D'ETUDES COLON · Liège · since 1999
  • BEC similar
    Abbreviation of BECQUETANCE ET COMPAGNIE · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2013
  • B.E.C. similar
    Abbreviation of BASKET ENTITE COURCELLOISE · Activiteiten van overige balsportclubs · Courcelles · since 2013
  • Be C similar
    Retail sale of women's outerwear · Aubel · since 2019
  • BEC similar
    Abbreviation of Browning Environmental Communications · since 2021
  • BEC similar
    Abbreviation of Buddhist Educators Collective · Brussel · since 2024
  • BEC similar
    Abbreviation of Badminton Etterbeek Club · Etterbeek · since 2025
  • Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2026
  • SOBECRA similar
    Abbreviation of SOMAHY · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 1983
  • Becobra similar
    Activities of professional membership organisations · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1990
  • BECATRA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1992
  • Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2018
  • B.E.C. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Bureau d'Etudes Carmon · Mons · since 1956
  • BEC similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Bureau européen de Coordination des Organisations internationales de Jeunesse · Brussel · since 1979
  • B.E.C. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of BRUXELLES EFES CONSTRUCTIONS · Site preparation · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2001

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