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.
“PANIWO”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Beringen · since 2018
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Retail sale of household furniture · Drogenbos · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of JOLLY GOOD LIFE · Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Brakel · since 2009
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Braine-le-Château · since 2005
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Aalst · since 2023
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of PANISA · Bricklaying and masonry work · since 1986
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Antwerpen · since 1986
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Burg-Reuland · since 1991
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2013
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Retail sale of household furniture · Drogenbos · since 2016
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2020
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Wichelen · since 2021
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Activities of head offices · Kortrijk · since 1996
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Charleroi · since 1996
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Torhout · since 2018
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of CINPANIN · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Balen · since 2003
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2024
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since 2006