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Is your company name still free?

Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“Balace, Pascal”

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.

Same or very similar names

5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    since 1990
  • Sole trader very similar
    Roofing work · since 1997
  • Sole trader very similar
    Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2004
  • Sole trader very similar
    Mixed farming · since 2010
  • PASCAL very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Aalst · since 1992
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of bicycles · since 1991
  • Sole trader similar
    Nursing and midwifery · since 2006
  • Sole trader similar
    Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2007
  • Sole trader similar
    Materials recovery from waste · since 1985
  • Sole trader similar
  • Sole trader similar
    Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1991
  • Sole trader similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2001
  • Sole trader similar
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 1990
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2008

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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