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.
“PABS”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other specialised construction activities · Bierbeek · since 2002
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of La Petite Aviation Belge · since 1942
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Abbreviation of Promotion artistique bruxelloise · Brussel · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Plateforme des ALE Bruxelloises · Evere · since 2019
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Abbreviation of PROMOTION ARCHITECTURE BRUXELLES · Activities of building architects · Ukkel · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Herzele · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2016
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Trade name of psychologisch advies - & begeleidingsCentrum · Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · Hasselt · since 2017
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Nursing and midwifery · Oupeye · since 2019
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
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Book publishing · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Pro Active Business · Computer programming · Charleroi · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of PATRIMONIALE ET AUXILIAIRE DE BUREAUX · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ukkel · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · Deinze · since 2016