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.
“PANALUX”
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 leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · LA COURNEUVE · since 2016
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Bouw van bruggen en tunnels · Herbeumont · since 1995
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Baelen · since 2014
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Genk · since 2006
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General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2025
Names that resemble it 14 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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Vervaardiging van poets- en reinigingsmiddelen · Begijnendijk · since 2008
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Bad Mergentheim · since 2011
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Joinery installation · Geraardsbergen · since 1977
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's Hertogenbosch · since 1996
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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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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Risk and damage evaluation · since 1985
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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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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Wemmel · since 2023
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Other specialised construction activities · Juprelle · since 2021