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.
“UBANA”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
-
Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2017
-
Visual arts creation · Brussel · since 2012
-
Full-service restaurants · since 1978
-
Full-service restaurants · since 1979
-
Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1939
-
Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Antwerpen · since 2021
-
Activities of lawyers · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2022
-
Hechtel-Eksel · since 2009
-
Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Maasmechelen · since 2009
-
Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · since 2023
-
Business and other management consultancy · Oostrozebeke · since 2026
-
Full-service restaurants · since 2001
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Abbreviation of United Brands Association · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 1949
-
Abbreviation of UNION ROYALE BELGE DES AMATEURS-EMETTEURS - KONINKLIJKE UNIE VAN DE BELGISCHE ZENDAMATEURS - KONIGLICHE UNION DER BELGISCHEN FUNKAMATEURE · Other amusement and recreation activities · Brussel · since 1948
-
Abbreviation of Unie van de Belgische Amateurszenders Vlaamstalige Sectie · Brussel · since 1948
-
Abbreviation of Union belge des Auto-Ecoles · Brussel · since 1976
-
Abbreviation of UNIE VOOR DE BELGISCHE AMBULANCESECTOR · Gent · since 1986
-
Abbreviation of UKKELSE BAKKERIJEN · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Ninove · since 1993
-
Drogenbos · since 1998
-
Abbreviation of Bana Community asbl · Charleroi · since 2023
-
Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Laakdal · since 2009
-
since 2008
-
Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · since 1996
-
Cafés and bars · since 2002