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.
“NABAU”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Herent · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2016
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Real estate agency activities · Brussel · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · since 1995
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Travel agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1986
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Name of an establishment · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 1992
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Abbreviation of LAb(au), LABORATORY FOR ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM · Literary creation · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Bornem · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bekkevoort · since 2021
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Office administrative and support services · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2011
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Namur · since 2018
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 2022
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of notaries · Braine-le-Comte · since 2020
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Liège · since 1986
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Brussel · since 2017
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Zaventem · since 2026
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Abbreviation of NEDERLANDSTALIGE AMATEURCINEASTEN VAN BELGIE · Turnhout · since 1975
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Retail sale of bicycles · Dinant · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Neutraal Advies Bureau · Other business support services · Brasschaat · since 2012
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Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · since 2004
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2024
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Office administrative and support services · Froidchapelle · since 2026
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Landscape service activities · Hotton · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2009
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Freight transport by road · Elsene · since 2022