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.
“PAINT EXPRESS”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Painting of buildings · De Panne · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of Pont - Express · Vervaardiging van andere elektrische apparatuur · Grimbergen · since 1979
Names that resemble it 55 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 1995
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Damme · since 2021
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Freight transport by road · Ans · since 2009
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Painting of buildings · Beringen · since 2023
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Reparatie en onderhoud van schoeisel en lederwaren · since 1994
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Dental practice · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2019
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Dental practice · since 2021
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Other postal and courier activities · Gent · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of Fuel Express · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Maasmechelen · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Vervaardiging en bewerking van overig glas, inclusief technisch glaswerk · Geetbets · since 2012
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Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Removal services
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Charleroi · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of POLAT TRANS EXPRESS · Freight transport by road · Gent · since 2016
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Name of A.A.R. PAMIR · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · since 2002
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Event catering · Binche · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Parts Express B.V. · Overige vrachtbehandeling, exclusief in zeehavens · Vianen · since 1999
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Bouw van rioleringen · Evere · since 2011
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Other postal and courier activities · Maaseik · since 2006
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · since 2008
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Brussel · since 2025
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Schaarbeek · since 1986
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Kortrijk · since 1990
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Beerse · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of WINDRACER · Retail sale of other sporting goods · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2002
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General cleaning of buildings · Brussel · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of KARATOPRAK ALLIANCE · Other postal and courier activities · Schaarbeek · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van koffers, tassen, zadel- en tuigmakerswerk van ongeacht welk materiaal · since 1990
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Freight transport by road · Anderlecht · since 2020
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1987
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Freight transport by road · Chaudfontaine · since 2022
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Courcelles · since 2012
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Freight transport by road · since 2004
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Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · Maasmechelen · since 2006
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Logistics services · Oud-Turnhout · since 2008
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Freight transport by road · since 2025
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Freight transport by road · since 2025
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Charleroi · since 2026
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Schaarbeek · since 2026
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Elsene · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of IMAGE CINEY · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ciney · since 2002
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 1994
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of PEKSOY · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 2015
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Wholesale of other household goods · since 1976
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Other business support services · Geraardsbergen · since 2010
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Wholesale of other food products · since 2012
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2021
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Abbreviation · Freight transport by road · Charleroi · since 2024
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Schaarbeek · since 2026
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Telecommunications resale and intermediation services · Anderlecht · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of VAN DEN HOUTE-DE SMET BIJZONDERE BENAMING : R & T EXPRESS · Removal services · Herzele · since 2000
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Freight transport by road · Bastogne · since 2022