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.
“PARDAF”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Antwerpen · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of FILANDA · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Ieper · since 2019
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Boechout · since 1987
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Dendermonde · since 1987
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Brussel · since 1998
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Waterloo · since 2019
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Kuurne · since 2024
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Other specialised construction activities · Anderlecht · since 2016
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Rixensart · since 2000
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in ijzerwaren · Kampenhout · since 1957
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Business and other management consultancy · Dilbeek · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Geraardsbergen · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · Brugge · since 2013
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Kampenhout · since 1983
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1994
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Gent · since 2000
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Other business support services · Gembloux · since 2001
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Mixed farming · Boutersem · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of NOFUTURLUTUTU · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Menen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Heusden-Zolder · since 2025
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1991