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.
“bavis”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2005
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Mettet · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of BROUWERIJ DE BRABANDERE · Manufacture of beer · Harelbeke · since 1991
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General construction of residential buildings · Brugge · since 2023
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Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van overige motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · Dilbeek · since 2016
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Name of an establishment · Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Wuustwezel · since 2019
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Jette · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2014
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vermogensbeheer · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2012
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Ingelmunster · since 2013
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Turnhout · since 2022
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Plumbing work · Ranst · since 2011
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Warehousing and storage · Dentergem · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Brusselse Atletiekvereniging · Elsene · since 1979
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Abbreviation of BRAUNUNGSANLAGEN VERMIETUNGS-GESELLSCHAFT · Essen · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Belgische Asbestverwijdering · Storten of permanent opslaan · Herentals · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of Munteanu · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Soumagne · since 2026
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Liège · since 1992
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General electrical installation work · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Herve · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of LOCATOR · Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Tournai · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Buro voor advies en organisatie · Antwerpen · since 1990