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.
“Bonkel”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Ninove · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of Heuvelheem · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Kruisem · since 1973
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Abbreviation of BONNEL-NATUURSTEINVERTRIEB · Darmstadt · since 1987
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Event catering · Gent · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Lubbeek · since 2020
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2023
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Psychology services · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · Lochristi · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 2005
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Other education · since 2025
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Ninove · since 2025
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Grimbergen · since 2025
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Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2026
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other software publishing · Moorslede · since 2016
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Design and construction of stages and sets · Gent · since 2019
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2022
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Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Gent · since 2004
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Other business support services · Riemst · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mechelen · since 2019
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Middelkerke · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Namur · since 2021
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Ranst · since 1991
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Cafés and bars · Rumst · since 2021