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Compared with the KBO register · free

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“PAPERCUTE”

An active company already has this name

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Same or very similar names

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • PAPERCUTE same name
    Graphic design and visual communication · Merchtem · since 2022
  • PAPERCUT very similar
    Activities of head offices · Brugge · since 2025
  • Papercuts very similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2018
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Office administrative and support services · since 2024
  • PAPERCLIP similar
    Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1997
  • PAPERCLIP similar
    Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Herentals · since 2001
  • Sole trader similar
    Other tax advisory services · since 2009
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1988
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
  • Paper Cloud similar
    Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2020
  • Gunsan-si, Jochon-dong · since 1953
  • 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
  • PERCU similar
    Joinery installation · Poperinge · since 2021
  • Paperclip similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of Kyjava · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Lichtervelde · since 2010
  • 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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