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.
“PAFRA”
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
26 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Real estate agency activities · Beringen · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Promoting African Art · Leuven · since 1997
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brugge · since 1986
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2013
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1977
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Londerzeel · since 1986
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Mixed farming · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Hove · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of F.D. CONSTRUCTION · General electrical installation work · Pelt · since 2002
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · since 1956
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Support activities for crop production · since 2017
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Other financial services · Ukkel · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Brakel · since 2020
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Proefboren en boren · Brecht · since 2023
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Office administrative and support services · Beringen · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2010
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Kampeer- en caravanterreinen · Malmedy · since 2005
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2025
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Operation of sports facilities · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2025
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Abbreviation of IAFRA ADVISORY · Other legal services · Elsene · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 2026
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Oostkamp · since 2026
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Oostrozebeke · since 2026
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Ganshoren · since 1980
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Antwerpen · since 1994
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Dilbeek · since 2013
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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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Retail sale of other household articles · Koekelberg · since 2025