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.
“BANDORA”
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.
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Tyre services · Merchtem · since 2019
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Vorst · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of Pandora Consultants · Book publishing · Schoten · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of PANDORA UITGEVERS · Book publishing · Leuven · since 1989
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Antwerpen · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of PANDO · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · La Hulpe · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Lochristi · since 2022
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Gent · since 2009
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1991
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Brugge · since 2006
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Bando Travel Service · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Zaventem · since 1979
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Rotterdam · since 2006
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Abbreviation of B and P MILITARY PUBLICATIONS · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1983
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Abbreviation of BUSINESS and INVESTMENT · Brussel · since 1989
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Abbreviation of BUILDINGS and DATA · Market research and public opinion polling · Elsene · since 1992
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · Schaarbeek · since 1992
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Abbreviation of BROTHERS AND SISTERS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ganshoren · since 1994
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Trade name of The Beauty and The Beast · Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Elsene · since 2012
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Groothandel in koffie, thee, cacao en specerijen · Middelkerke · since 2024
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Brussel · since 1962
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Abbreviation of Band, Vereniging van en voor de Vlamingen in Wallonië · Brussel · since 1975
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Wavre · since 1991
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Ciney · since 2004