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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.

“PAPI FAMILY”

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

13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • PAPI FAMILY same name
    Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Evergem · since 2023
  • Family very similar
    Name of an establishment of Famelight · On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Greenwich London · since 2013
  • Sole trader very similar
    Cafés and bars · since 2025
  • Sole trader very similar
    Sports and recreation education · since 2020
  • FAMILY very similar
    Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Aalst · since 2021
  • FAMILY very similar
    Name of an establishment of NK26 · Cafés and bars · Schaarbeek · since 2025
  • Sole trader very similar
    Groothandel in koffie, thee, cacao en specerijen · since 2025
  • Family very similar
    Abbreviation of Family - La maison des Familles · Elsene · since 2025
  • MaliFamily very similar
    Abbreviation of MaliFamily Belgium ASBL · Other sports activities · Bassenge · since 2019
  • Pep's Family very similar
    Ukkel · since 2020
  • DARI FAMILY very similar
    Name of an establishment of D.R constructions · Roofing work · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2023
  • Papi very similar
    Barendrecht · since 2008
  • Family very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Jette · since 1960
Names that resemble it 1 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • MYI FAMILY similar
    Scheduled passenger transport by road · Elsene · since 2021

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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