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.
“PAGAWI”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Nivelles · since 2017
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Schilde · since 1999
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Drukken van dagbladen · since 2016
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1998
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Geetbets · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Genk · since 2019
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Algemeen welzijnswerk met huisvesting · Brussel · since 1994
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Activities of holding companies · Charleroi · since 2002
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Gent · since 2018
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Kapellen · since 2016
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Vocational training · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2011
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Oudergem · since 2011
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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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Abbreviation of Groupement d'Arboriculteurs pratiquant en Wallonie les Techniques Intégrées · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Visé · since 1990