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.
“PAFACO”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Durbuy · since 2004
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Wielsbeke · since 1994
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2000
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Other information service activities · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Activities of head offices · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2007
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Arlon · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Parachèvement et Fabrication pour Constructions · Ganshoren · since 1968
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Boom · since 1983
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Aalst · since 1991
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Aalter · since 1991
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Laakdal · since 1996
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General electrical installation work · Zandhoven · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Mechelen · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Mons · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Hamont-Achel · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Project Automation Consulting Ogloza · Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Donceel · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Tournai · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Erpe-Mere · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Patriote Congolais · Huntersville · since 2006
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Damme · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of AXEL · Buying and selling of own real estate · Knokke-Heist · since 2007
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Abbreviation of PRESENCE ET ACTION CULTURELLES ARDENNES-FAMENNE-CONDROZ · Dinant · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2013
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Braine-le-Château · since 2000
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Anderlecht · since 1983
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Heusden-Zolder · since 1999