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.
“PARDOES”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Pardoes, dienst voor onthaalouders · Day nurseries and crèches · Mechelen · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of PELCKMANS UITGEVERS · Book publishing · Kalmthout · since 1991
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Beernem · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of DISTRI-BIB · Groothandel in kranten, boeken en tijdschriften · Kalmthout · since 2002
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Visual arts creation · since 2017
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Inzameling van gevaarlijk afval · since 2001
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Support activities for animal production · since 1996
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Joinery installation · since 2021
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Detailhandel in boeken · Mechelen · since 2004
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Name of REINES · Sound recording · Gent · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Kontich · since 2010
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Kortrijk · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Menen · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Pajottegem · since 2026
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Day nurseries and crèches · Mechelen · since 2003
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of lawyers · Brugge · since 2013
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kampenhout · since 1983
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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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Name of Pardon! vzw · Literary creation · Gent · since 2022
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · since 2020
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1988
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · since 2017
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Ieper · since 2019