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.
“PACINI”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Thuin · since 2000
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Physiotherapy · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
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Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · since 2012
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Production of cinema films · since 2024
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2011
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Florennes · since 1989
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of CINPANIN · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Balen · since 2003
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2004
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2025
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since 2011
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since 2006
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of PARTICIPATION CITOYENNE · Activities of religious organisations · Ganshoren · since 2009
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Advertising agencies · since 2023
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2023
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Development of residential building projects · Wavre · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Provinciale Antwerpse Cinema Cooperatief · Antwerpen · since 1968
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since 1978
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Hasselt · since 2013
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Geetbets · since 2020
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Development of residential building projects · Waasmunster · since 2025