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.
“PALABRA”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Event catering · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Translation services · Overijse · since 2018
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Translation services · Vilvoorde · since 2019
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Other education · since 2019
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Other financial services · Hoogstraten · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2017
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Advertising agencies · Halen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of ORTHODONTIE PARODONTIE LASSERRE BRABANT · Dental practice · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2010
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Detailhandel in ijzerwaren en gereedschappen · Schaarbeek · since 1997
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Other legal services · since 2015
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Abbreviation of PALA Consulting · Business and other management consultancy · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of Pala & B · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2018
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2005
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · Beringen · since 1986
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Business and other management consultancy · Evere · since 1999
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Retail sale of household furniture · Walcourt · since 2013
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Abbreviation of la b{rA}sserie des chapeliers · Other membership organisations · Verviers · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Meise · since 2020
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Mons · since 2020
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Site preparation · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2021
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Web portal activities · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van andere niet-metaalhoudende minerale producten, n.e.g. · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2004
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Groothandel in kledingaccessoires · Wellen · since 2005