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.
“PADAO”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other business support services · Bornem · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Aalst · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · Wingene · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Lanaken · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Zele · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Rebecq · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2006
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Other specialised construction activities · Anderlecht · since 2016
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Opwijk · since 2005
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Bastogne · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van beddengoed, tafellinnen en textielwaren voor huishoudelijk gebruik · Roeselare · since 1982
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Antwerpen · since 1998
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Hemiksem · since 2013
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Freight transport by road · Alken · since 2007
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Abbreviation of PRET A DIFFUSER · Advertising agencies · Namur · since 1998
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Abbreviation of PEOPLE AGAINST DISEASES · Gent · since 2000
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Other personal services · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Pierre Alain Dessy · Public relations and communication consultancy · Jurbise · since 2018
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Dental practice · Etterbeek · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of PAD MEUBELATELIER · Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Gent · since 2011
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Abbreviation of PASCAL DAGNELIE · Development of residential building projects · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2005
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Activities of holding companies · Zelzate · since 2007
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Book publishing · Kraainem · since 2007
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
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Abbreviation of PARTENAIRES D'AFRIQUE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2002