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.
“PARADE BV”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · BUNNIK · since 2005
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Parachèvements et Décorations · Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Jette · since 1978
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Performing arts by independent artists · Elsene · since 2026
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Grez-Doiceau · since 1991
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since 2025
Names that resemble it 56 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1954
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Pontirolo · since 1978
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Painting of buildings · Gent · since 1985
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Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 1990
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Antwerpen · since 1992
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Andolsheim · since 1996
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Genk · since 1999
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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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News agency activities · Gent · since 2016
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Ukkel · since 2017
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2017
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Tielt · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2020
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Leuven · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Staden · since 2023
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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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Cafés and bars · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 1981
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Name of an establishment of NAPA ALLIANCE · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Namur · since 2003
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Wuustwezel · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · Bonheiden · since 1970
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Brussel · since 1978
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Pecq · since 1981
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Brussel · since 1982
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Elsene · since 1982
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Name of an establishment of NINA · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of HOT TOWN MUSIC · Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Ninove · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of Akkoord · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zottegem · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of ORVI HORECA · Full-service restaurants · Colfontaine · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of SERENA · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Middelkerke · since 2003
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1990
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · since 2000
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2000
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 1990
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Activiteiten op het gebied van de distributie van films en video’s · Brussel · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Seraing · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · since 2003
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Computer programming · Liège · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2023
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Elsene · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Haaltert · since 2009
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Overijse · since 2010
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Wemmel · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of DR. SONJA SAISON · General medical practice · Brecht · since 2012
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Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2023
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Bredene · since 2024
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Brasschaat · since 1987
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Braives · since 2017
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Temse · since 1997