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.
“PACT 14”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Progressief Aalsters Collectief Theater · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Aalst · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Promotion of Arts and Culture of the Third World · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Promotion des Arts et Cultures du Tiers-Monde · Ukkel · since 1988
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Steenokkerzeel · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Prêts, Assurances, Cuisines et Transports · Freight transport by road · Gesves · since 2000
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Abbreviation of patient access partnership · Other information service activities · Etterbeek · since 2015
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of GIDOSÉ · Activities of holding companies · Dentergem · since 2011
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Physiotherapy · Landen · since 2025
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Painting of buildings · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of PAKT 24 · Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2006
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Gent · since 2018
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Other information service activities · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2020
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Brugge · since 2022
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · Zonnebeke · since 2025
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Meise · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Promotion de l'Animation Culturelle et du Travail Educatif et Social · Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Liège · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortenberg · since 2025
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Other software publishing · since 2026
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Tournai · since 1991