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.
“PARA”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Pontirolo · since 1978
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Painting of buildings · Gent · since 1985
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Staden · since 2023
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Paris · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brugge · since 2020
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Web portal activities · since 2022
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Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1998
Names that resemble it 51 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Boechout · since 1987
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Dendermonde · since 1987
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Overige vrachtbehandeling, exclusief in zeehavens · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Vervaardiging van keramische tegels en plavuizen · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Other business support services · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2022
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Hemiksem · since 2025
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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Wavre · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Paix et Réconciliation · Oudergem · since 1997
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Other business support services · Braine-le-Comte · since 1998
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Growing of flowers · Staden · since 2001
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Abbreviation of POOL ANESTHESIOLOGIE - REANIMATION · Specialist medical practice · Liège · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2002
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Ukkel · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2002
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Computer programming · since 1993
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Insurance agents and brokers · Lommel · since 2017
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Rumes · since 2007
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1992
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Dental practice · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Gent · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Wingene · since 2020
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Psychology services · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Psychology services · since 2023
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2012
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Psychology services · Torhout · since 2024
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Kuurne · since 2024
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Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Tremelo · since 1999
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1954
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Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 1990
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Antwerpen · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of EXTASET · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Hechtel-Eksel · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Paragon - Limited Art Editions · Gent · since 1997
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Abbreviation of DOTPARALAX · Computer programming · Buggenhout · since 2001
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 1987
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 1989
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Tielt · since 1998
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Roeselare · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Begijnendijk · since 2019
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Leuven · since 2023
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Development of residential building projects · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Paradox Art · Literary creation · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2009
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Bocholt · since 2010
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Etterbeek · since 2026
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Wuustwezel · since 2026
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Waterloo · since 2001
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Gavere · since 2012