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.
“PAISA”
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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Gent · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · since 1995
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 1986
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Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1988
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Schilde · since 1991
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Wommelgem · since 2012
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Ukkel · since 2015
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Performing arts by independent artists · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Staden · since 2025
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Sprimont · since 1986
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Oostende · since 2002
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Telecommunications resale and intermediation services · Anderlecht · since 2014
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Other sports activities · Herselt · since 2019
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2019
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Other personal services · since 2023
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General medical practice · Leuven · since 2021
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Mortsel · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2009
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Sint-Truiden · since 2011
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2023
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2025
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher · since 2026
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Trade name of Port of Antwerp-Bruges International · Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Other legal services · Boechout · since 1991
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Nursing and midwifery · Buggenhout · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Plateforme d’Appui aux initiatives solidaires des Marocains du Monde · Brussel · since 2024
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Abbreviation of PHYSICAL ANALYSING INSTRUMENTS · Antwerpen · since 1983