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.
“PANACHE PLUS”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Fitness centres · Gent · since 2018
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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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Name of an establishment of STOFWIL · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Turnhout · since 2001
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Schoten · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Knokke-Heist · since 2014
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2014
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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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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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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2005
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Koksijde · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of Brandspot · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2008
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Activities of head offices · Roeselare · since 2024
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2005
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Psychology services · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lede · since 2007