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.
“PANA”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Oudenaarde · since 1986
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Brugge · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2004
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since 2010
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 2005
Names that resemble it 55 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of PANAFRICA PUBLISHING HOUSE · Brussel · since 1990
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Computer programming · Vorst · since 2002
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Advertising agencies · Gembloux · since 2018
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Other software publishing · Tervuren · since 2019
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Wemmel · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Panalpina World Transport · Logistics services · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1968
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Joinery installation · Geraardsbergen · since 1977
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Pittem · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of PIELSA BENELUX · Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Oostende · since 1994
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Other information service activities · Oostende · since 1997
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Lokeren · since 1997
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Hemiksem · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Pôle Académique de Namur ASBL · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Namur · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Torhout · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · De Haan · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of PARISMA · Full-service restaurants · De Haan · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Herent · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Anderlecht · since 2012
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Bree · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Real estate agency activities · Ganshoren · since 2008
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Manufacture of jewellery · Esneux · since 2012
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since 2005
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2005
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Buggenhout · since 2007
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2024
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Lokeren · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · Waregem · since 2026
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since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Knokke-Heist · since 1993
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Gent · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of PANACHE EUROPE · Exploitatie van recreatiedomeinen · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Logistics services · Elsene · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Knokke-Heist · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Merchtem · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · since 1992
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1994
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Gent · since 2022
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Diest · since 2009
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2009
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Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Knokke-Heist · since 2010
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Aiseau-Presles · since 2004
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2005
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Genk · since 2006
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Zedelgem · since 2007
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Activities of head offices · Roeselare · since 2024
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Rochefort · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Schilde · since 2025
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Diest · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2025
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Other specialised construction activities · Juprelle · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Psychologenkring Antwerpen Noord · Antwerpen · since 2017