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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“El Pablo”

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

7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • El Pablo same name
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2021
  • Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2015
  • PABLO very similar
    Other business support services · Waregem · since 1991
  • PABLO (sole trader) very similar
    Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2014
  • Pablo (sole trader) very similar
    Painting of buildings · since 2017
  • Pablo (sole trader) very similar
    Other specialised construction activities · since 2019
  • Pablo very similar
    Antwerpen · since 2019
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • General electrical installation work · since 2023
  • ELPA similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Aalst · since 1990
  • ELPA similar
    Other information service activities · Izegem · since 2020
  • ELPA similar
    Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · Olen · since 2007
  • EL PUEBLO similar
    Full-service restaurants · Halen · since 1997
  • ELPAS similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2021
  • Business and other management consultancy · since 2007
  • ELPA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    since 1997

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