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.
“PAARL”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Interior design · Boechout · since 2024
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Specialist medical practice · Mons · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of BUVE · Cafés and bars · Oostende · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of OPTIQUE EXCLUSIVE · Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Eghezée · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Hasselt · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of BAMERNI · Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Grobbendonk · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of DEBRAUWER A.V. · Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Roeselare · since 2009
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Anderlecht · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of NIL BRILLEN · Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Stabroek · since 2025
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other business support services · Zandhoven · since 2023
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Promotion et Animations auderghemmoises · Oudergem · since 1987
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Literary creation · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Padel Addict Academy · Braine-le-Comte · since 2022
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Retail sale of antiques · Brussel · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Amicale de l'athénée royale de Lessines · Lessines · since 2003