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.
“PALU”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Temse · since 1988
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Retail sale of other household articles · Veurne · since 2022
Names that resemble it 38 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Patzner en Co · Bad Mergentheim · since 1979
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Full-service restaurants · Mons · since 1989
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Vervaardiging van poets- en reinigingsmiddelen · Begijnendijk · since 2008
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Bad Mergentheim · since 2011
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Evergem · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Promotiegroep Antwerpse Luchthaven - Airport Promotion Antwerp · Antwerpen · since 1987
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Abbreviation of PUNT ANDERE LIJN · Investigation and private security services · Beersel · since 1993
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Meerhout · since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2016
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2018
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Other business support services · Kapellen · since 2011
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Zoutleeuw · since 2006
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Gent · since 2024
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Roofing work · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Pôle Associatif Liègeois · Liège · since 2026
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Seraing · since 1976
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Eupen · since 1979
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Retail sale of household furniture · Herselt · since 1991
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Computer programming · Pelt · since 1996
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2013
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Advertising agencies · since 2015
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Manufacture of beer · Londerzeel · since 1942
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Abbreviation of Plaisance Amicale Liegeoise et Mosane · Herstal · since 1964
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Abbreviation of Pijpleiding Antwerpen - Limburg - Luik - Pipe-Line Anvers-Limbourg-Liège · Vervoer via pijpleidingen · Genk · since 1977
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Detailhandel in ijzerwaren en gereedschappen · Schaarbeek · since 1997
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Cafés and bars · Eeklo · since 1998
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Tielt · since 2001
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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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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2020
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2008
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Brussel · since 2025
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2025