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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.

“KEPALE”

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

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • KEPALE same name
    Insurance agents and brokers · Boechout · since 2016
  • Keale very similar
    Name of an establishment of Riverport Shipping · Logistics services · Schoten · since 2014
  • Sépale very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Trooz · since 2025
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen
  • KEPA similar
    Abbreviation of CENTRE DE DEVELOPPEMENT ENTREPRENEURIAL ET CULTUREL · THERMI · since 2011
  • KePa similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Herk-de-Stad · since 2006
  • KEPA similar
    Activities of holding companies · Sankt Vith · since 2007
  • Kepan similar
    Brugge · since 1982
  • Kepasa similar
    Name of an establishment of Residia · Other business support services · Schoten · since 2015
  • PALE similar
    Tielt · since 2001

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