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.
“PANE”
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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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Zoersel · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2002
Names that resemble it 51 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Brussel · since 1988
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Asse · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 1995
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of Livay. Ets · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Koekelberg · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2023
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Activities of bailiffs · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Glarus 8750 · since 1995
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Other information service activities · Oostende · since 1997
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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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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Ieper · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Maldegem · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Diest · since 2026
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Real estate agency activities · Koekelberg · since 1989
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Koekelare · since 1990
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Maasmechelen · since 1997
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Avelgem · since 2001
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Stabroek · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Vosselaar · since 2017
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Niel · since 1985
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Roeselare · since 1984
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Oudenaarde · since 1986
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Wevelgem · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of PANH SNC · Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Chaudfontaine · since 2013
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Development of residential building projects · Putte · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of NTT DECO SRL · Pre-press and pre-media services · Visé · since 2017
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Zelzate · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Projects and New Dreams · Development of residential building projects · Berlaar · since 2018
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Brugge · since 2015
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Other education · Haacht · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oudenaarde · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2003
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2005
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2025
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News agency activities · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van kunststofartikelen voor de bouw · Lichtervelde · since 1988
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Advertising agencies · since 2015
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Name of an establishment · General construction of residential buildings · Aalter · since 2023
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Leuven · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Psychologenkring Antwerpen Noord · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Mechelen · since 1962
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Koekelberg · since 1978
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Pajottegem · since 2001
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Book publishing · Anderlecht · since 2006
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since 1988