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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“PAPERBOX”

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.

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Same or very similar names

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • PAPERBOX same name
    Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Gent · since 2021
  • PAPERBOY very similar
    Groothandel in kranten, boeken en tijdschriften · Izegem · since 2013
  • Sole trader very similar
    Office administrative and support services · since 2024
  • Certified accountants and tax accountants · Rumst · since 2023
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Office administrative and support services · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Office administrative and support services · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2016
  • Paperbirds similar
    Office administrative and support services · Roeselare · since 2022
  • PaperAs similar
    Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Gerpinnes · since 1986
  • Sole trader similar
    Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · since 2019
  • Paperas similar
    Office administrative and support services · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2011
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1989
  • PAPERAS similar
    Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Brugge · since 2005
  • P.A.P.E. similar
    Abbreviation of PATRIMOINE ARTISTIQUE,PEDAGOGIQUE,EDUCATIF · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1978
  • PAPE similar
    Abbreviation of PARRAINAGE PERSONNALISE · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2019
  • Paper Bridge similar
    Sports and recreation education · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2025
  • PAPERON similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Elsene · since 1995
  • PAPE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Liège · since 1984

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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