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.
“LE BAOBAB”
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
24 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Schaarbeek · since 1983
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2001
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2014
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Brussel · since 2018
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Nivelles · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of BMpanga · Cafés and bars · Elsene · since 2020
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Rotselaar · since 1997
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Seraing · since 1998
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Vocational training · Leuven · since 2013
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 2016
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Beernem · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2020
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Oudenaarde · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of BAOBAB DESIGN · Activities of building architects · Vorst · since 2010
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Saint-Ghislain · since 2003
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Activities of lawyers · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2005
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Activities of building architects · Leuven · since 2007
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Vervaardiging van spellen en speelgoed · since 2008
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of PAULO TROPICAL · Full-service restaurants · Zaventem · since 2025
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Detailhandel in boeken · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2003
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Elsene · since 1987
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of Grisbi 777 · Cafés and bars · Gembloux · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Herentals · since 1980
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Wemmel · since 1990