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.
“PARDON”
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
46 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2020
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · Brugge · since 2013
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2025
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since 2014
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 1982
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Vlieg- en vaaronderricht · since 2008
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Other education · since 2009
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since 2012
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2003
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Joinery installation · since 2021
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Other software publishing · since 2013
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2015
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Machining of metals · since 1993
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2016
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2022
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Other specialised design activities · since 2022
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since 2023
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Raising of other animals · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Kontich · since 2010
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since 1990
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since 2019
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since 2013
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2015
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 1993
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since 1999
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · since 2020
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since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1994
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Activities of lawyers · since 2001
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Landscape service activities · since 2021
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since 2012
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2026
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Kampenhout · since 2019
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since 1981
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2018
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Plumbing work · since 1991
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Event catering · since 2012
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2005
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2019
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2026
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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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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2021
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Ieper · since 2019
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Landscape service activities · since 2017
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since 2025
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since 2001
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Oudergem · since 1968