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.
“Blado”
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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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2024
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Landen · since 2017
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Retail sale of household furniture · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Halle · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Geel · since 2014
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Activities of building architects · Waterloo · since 2023
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Real estate agency activities · Bonheiden · since 2000
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Jalhay · since 1993
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Other business support services · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2013
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Evere · since 2023
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Abbreviation of BRUNO LETANGRE ACCOUNTANCY · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Mouscron · since 2000
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Translation services · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Boxing Liège Academy · Herstal · since 2025
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since 2017
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Sint-Truiden · since 2011
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · since 2025
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Wholesale of other food products · Ittre · since 1984
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Office administrative and support services · Namur · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Gembloux · since 2002