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Compared with the KBO register · free

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“Matthys, Pascal”

An active company already has this name

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Same or very similar names

19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    since 1983
  • Sole trader very similar
    Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1988
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other education · since 2019
  • Sole trader very similar
    Hotels and similar accommodation · since 2022
  • Sole trader very similar
    Specialist medical practice · since 1991
  • Sole trader very similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2023
  • Sole trader very similar
    Literary creation · since 2023
  • Sole trader very similar
    Plumbing work · since 2014
  • Matthys very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Frameries · since 1968
  • MATTHYS very similar
    Abbreviation of MATTHYS QUALITY EQUIPMENT · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Anzegem · since 1980
  • MATTHYS very similar
    Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Waregem · since 1985
  • MATTHYS NV very similar
    Name of an establishment of MVR · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Merchtem · since 1986
  • MATTHYS very similar
    Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Lo-Reninge · since 1992
  • MATTHYS very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Destelbergen · since 1996
  • Matthys very similar
    Mixed farming · Damme · since 1990
  • Sole trader very similar
    Computer programming · since 2023
  • MATTHYS very similar
    Name of an establishment of MATTHYS LTD · Other sports activities · DANCASTER · since 2007
  • MATTHYS very similar
    Raising of dairy cattle · Kaprijke · since 2008
  • Matthys very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1994
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Mixed farming · since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    Mixed farming · since 1974
  • Sole trader similar
    Specialist medical practice · since 1992
  • Sole trader similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 2007
  • Sole trader similar
    Painting of buildings · since 2008
  • Sole trader similar
    Vervaardiging van sportartikelen · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    Roofing work · since 2000
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    Algemene bouw van kantoorgebouwen · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 1988
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 1985
  • Sole trader similar
    Advertising agencies · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1987
  • Sole trader similar
    Advertising agencies · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    Mixed farming · since 1989
  • Sole trader similar
    Mixed farming · since 2012
  • Physiotherapy · Gent · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    Advertising agencies · since 2008
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1983
  • Sole trader similar
    Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2008
  • Sole trader similar
    Nutrition and dietetics services · since 1999
  • Sole trader similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
  • MATTHYSEN similar
    Site preparation · Brecht · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2000
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1997
  • Plumbing work · Wevelgem · since 2001
  • Sole trader similar
    Inland freight water transport · since 1979
  • Sole trader similar
    Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    Hotels and similar accommodation · since 1993
  • Sole trader similar
    Other maintenance and repair of motor vehicles · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Computer programming · since 2026
  • MASCAL similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Mons · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Other tax advisory services · since 1993
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1996
  • Sole trader similar
    Physiotherapy · since 1968
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2008
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1993
  • Sole trader similar
    Tourist information services · since 2003
  • Sole trader similar
    Advertising agencies · since 2008
  • Sole trader similar
    Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Literary creation · since 2024

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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