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.
“PAELE”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Ninove · since 2021
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Oud-Heverlee · since 2017
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Oudenaarde · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Phoenix au Clair de Lune · Ans · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2014
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Wingene · since 2021
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Antwerpen · since 1972
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Abbreviation of PROCESS AUTOMATION ENGINEERING · Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Abbreviation of PREVENTION, AIDE, ECOUTE · Ukkel · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Pro Art Evolution · Liège · since 2009
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Abbreviation of EUROPEES PIJN VERBOND · Elsene · since 2012
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of CUELENAERE KOELTECHNIEK · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Maldegem · since 2018
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Freight transport by road · Ath · since 2012
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since 1993
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2010
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2025