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.
“Beka ES”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Ranst · since 2019
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · since 1992
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Insulation installation · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kasterlee · since 2012
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2025
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Hasselt · since 2012
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Staden · since 2024
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Oosterzele · since 1980
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1985
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Wetteren · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of APOTHEEK BEKAERT · Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Ichtegem · since 1998
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Landen · since 2013
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General medical practice · Kraainem · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Femmes polonaises de Bruxelles · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Genk · since 2007
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1997
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2017
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Beersel · since 1968
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1993
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Warehousing and storage · Geel · since 1999
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Leopoldsburg · since 2014
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2023
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Psychology services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2024
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Geel · since 1994