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.
“PAGAVE”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2011
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Landscape service activities · since 2005
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Kapellen · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Oudergem · since 2011
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cafés and bars · Blankenberge · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Genk · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Turnhout · since 2021
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · since 2017
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Algemeen welzijnswerk met huisvesting · Brussel · since 1994
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Schilde · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Charleroi · since 2002
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Nivelles · since 2017
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1998
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Gent · since 2018
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Vocational training · since 2021
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Arlon · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Roeselare · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Lo-Reninge · since 2024