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.
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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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Abbreviation of Paysans d'Afrique · Oudergem · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Promotion des Arbitres de Football de La Province de Liège · Liège · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Promotions, Administrations et Finances · Schaarbeek · since 1996
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Binche · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Professionnels de l'Audiodescription Francophone · Other business support services · Namur · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Philou And Friends · Other personal services · Deinze · since 2018
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Namur · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2023
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Computer programming · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2011
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Platform voor Architectuur & Feminisme · Overige activiteiten op het gebied van architectuur, n.e.g. · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Promotion des Arbitres de Football de la province de Luxembourg · Vielsalm · since 1992
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Boechout · since 1973
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Advertising agencies · Maaseik · since 1982
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Abbreviation of POTauFEU théâtre · Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Liège · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Carlier Solution · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Waterloo · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · Damme · since 2025
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Boechout · since 1987
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Dendermonde · since 1987
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Real estate agency activities · Beringen · since 1989
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Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Zedelgem · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · Ukkel · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2024
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Oostrozebeke · since 2026
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Real estate agency activities · Mons · since 1986
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1993
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Abbreviation of POLYASPHALT - DISTRIBUTION · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Namur · since 2002
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Abbreviation of PIETER AERTS · Other business support services · Wijnegem · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Padel Academy ASBL · Liège · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Prêt Atouts · Ath · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Passion d'Argile · Tubize · since 2018
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Abbreviation of POH action · since 2019
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Abbreviation of PAUSE ANIMAL · Wanze · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Positively Alive · Gent · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Phil-Aventure · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Prevention-Arnaque · Anderlecht · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Prop'Auto · Clavier · since 2005
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Abbreviation of La Pierre d'Angle · Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Erezée · since 2007
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Abbreviation of PARCOURS D'AVENIR PLUS · Socio-cultural adult education · La Louvière · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Plantenasiel · Other membership organisations · Oud-Turnhout · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Polaris Ascend · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ieper · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Practical Application of Fire Engineering Knowledge · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Promoting African Art · Leuven · since 1997
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Other specialised construction activities · Anderlecht · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Post Bank and Access to Finance Economics Conference · Etterbeek · since 2011