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.
“SINT-BAAFS”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Real estate agency activities · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Sint-Baaf Ontmoetingscentrum · Cafés and bars · Heusden-Zolder · since 1971
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Abbreviation of Chambre Syndicale des Importateurs et Negociants en The de Belgique · Anderlecht · since 1939
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Turnhout · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Vereniging zonder winstoogmerk Feestcomité Sint-Baafs · Other amusement and recreation activities · Gent · since 2021
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Aalter · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 1987
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Brugge · since 2023
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Overige verpleeginstellingen met huisvesting · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1957
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Tienen · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of CAFE SINT BARBE · Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 1989