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.
“PAPYRUS.T”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Wemmel · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Drukkerij Vonksteen · Other printing · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 1928
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Linter · since 1992
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Herzele · since 2000
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 1979
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 1987
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1992
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1993
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since 2002
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Detailhandel in kantoorbehoeften · since 1997
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1995
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars Antwerpen Lamorinièrestraat 31/37 · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 1986
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Nijlen · since 2004
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De Meern · since 2005
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Vermogensbeheer · Brussel · since 2018
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Pont-à-Celles · since 1998
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Oudergem · since 1989
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Ieper · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Papyrus Belgium Papier · Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Dilbeek · since 1984
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Materials recovery from waste · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of Patrick BERGERET · General construction of residential buildings · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of BERIL · Full-service restaurants · Schaarbeek · since 2009
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Peer · since 2001
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Abbreviation of PYRUS Training · Other business support services · Genappe · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Zoersel · since 2024