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.
“PAPOU”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Knokke-Heist · since 1993
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of FOOD PROJEKT · Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2023
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Retail sale of games and toys · Nandrin · since 2025
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Verwerking en conservering van fruit, exclusief productie van diepgevroren fruit · since 2020
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Jette · since 1991
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Activities of holding companies · Chaudfontaine · since 2002
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Anderlecht · since 2012
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Liège · since 2018
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Putte · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of KMBA · Full-service restaurants · Braine-le-Château · since 2019
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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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Name of an establishment of CUELENAERE KOELTECHNIEK · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Maldegem · since 2018
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Computer programming · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of C.M.H.R. Consult · Bouw van andere civieltechnische werken, n.e.g. · Gembloux · since 2011