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.
“PAPARAM”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ukkel · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2014
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · Halle · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2002
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Computer programming · since 1993
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of LAVENTURA · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Zonhoven · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of Vassili TILKERIDIS · Full-service restaurants · Eupen · since 2004
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Other business support services · since 2026
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Abbreviation of PARAMEDISCH CENTRUM VOOR REVALIDATIE · Physiotherapy · Koksijde · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of EXTASET · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Hechtel-Eksel · since 1993
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Combined facilities support activities · Mouscron · since 1994
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Bever · since 2003
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Machining of metals · since 2016
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2016
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Nursing and midwifery · since 1989
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Pontirolo · since 1978
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Painting of buildings · Gent · since 1985
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Painting of buildings · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Staden · since 2023
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2004
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Photography, excluding press photography · Huldenberg · since 1999
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Translation services · since 2013
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Cafés and bars · since 2026
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Abbreviation of LA PARADE DE HAMOIR · Hamoir · since 2009
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Hemiksem · since 2025
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Boechout · since 1987
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Dendermonde · since 1987
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Overige vrachtbehandeling, exclusief in zeehavens · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of PAPAYA · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2000
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lochristi · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van keramische tegels en plavuizen · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Other business support services · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Etterbeek · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2024