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.
“PAFT”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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 Progress And Fit ASBL · Liège · since 2017
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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 Pick a fucking daily · 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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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2015