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.
“PALY”
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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Cafés and bars · Eeklo · since 1998
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Meerhout · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2016
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2018
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Other retail sale of food · Olne · since 2007
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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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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1985
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Activities of holding companies · Beauraing · since 2025
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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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Temse · since 1988
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Detailhandel in ijzerwaren en gereedschappen · Schaarbeek · since 1997
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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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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2016
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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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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Maaseik · since 2021