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.
“PAPIL”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Photography, excluding press photography · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2004
Names that resemble it 57 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Barendrecht · since 2008
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Abbreviation of PAPI FAMILY · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Evergem · since 2023
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Torhout · since 1988
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Zele · since 2021
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · since 2022
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Namur · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2025
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2013
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1977
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Vervaardiging van andere textielproducten, n.e.g. · since 2014
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of J&M Projects · Logistics services · Boechout · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · since 2017
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Mol · since 2017
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Repair and maintenance of furniture and upholstery · since 1988
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Vermogensbeheer · Ukkel · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1998
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Vermogensbeheer · Lanaken · since 2016
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of ESTIASI · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1996
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2021
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Sports and recreation education · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · since 2022
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Torhout · since 2022
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Other personal services · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of KAHA FOOD · Cafés and bars · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2010
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Painting of buildings · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2010
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Other personal services · since 2011
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Aarschot · since 2011
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1989
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2004
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Groothandel in overige bouwmaterialen · Mouscron · since 2008
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Event catering · Sprimont · since 2024
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Other education · since 2025
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Retail sale of games and toys · since 2026
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Vocational training · La Hulpe · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Les ailes des papillons · Charleroi · since 2025
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Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1988
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Lezennes · since 1954
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Detailhandel in boeken · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of NOOR TRADE · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Temse · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Promotion et Immobilière Robert Gatelier et Fils à Libramont · General construction of residential buildings · Libramont-Chevigny · since 1977
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · Theux · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Passionate about Packaging · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Aalst · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Papeti · since 2022
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Abbreviation of LE POLE IMAGE DE LIEGE · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Liège · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Planet is The Limit · Liège · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Gent · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 1991
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1978