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.
“PAPISA”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1988
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Gent · since 1993
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Etterbeek · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · since 1995
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 1986
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Schilde · since 1991
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Wommelgem · since 2012
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Ukkel · since 2015
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Performing arts by independent artists · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2016
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Staden · since 2025
Names that resemble it 8 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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Business and other management consultancy · Héron · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2004
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Activities of lawyers · since 2018
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Gent · since 2024
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Lezennes · since 1954
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Detailhandel in boeken · since 2023