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.
“PARAFE”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2002
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Boechout · since 1987
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Dendermonde · since 1987
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Computer programming · La Louvière · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2019
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Pontirolo · since 1978
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Painting of buildings · Gent · since 1985
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Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Schaarbeek · 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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Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2008
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Market research and public opinion polling · Wevelgem · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2015
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Cafés and bars · Anderlecht · since 2019
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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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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2009
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Translation services · Mortsel · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · Halle · since 2008
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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Wavre · since 1983
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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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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2002
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Computer programming · since 1993
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Paris · since 2016
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Insurance agents and brokers · Lommel · since 2017
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Rumes · since 2007
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Dental practice · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brugge · 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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Web portal activities · 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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Wingene · since 2026
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Brussel · since 2019