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.
“PARLAR”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 1996
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Full-service restaurants · since 2010
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Brussel · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of PARLAK BOUW · General construction of residential buildings · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2007
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Rixensart · since 1987
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Paix et Réconciliation · Oudergem · since 1997
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Abbreviation of POOL ANESTHESIOLOGIE - REANIMATION · Specialist medical practice · Liège · since 2001
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Gent · since 2020
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Psychology services · Ninove · since 2021
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Other business support services · Zandhoven · since 2023
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PARIS · since 2011
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Lokeren · since 2015
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Other membership organisations · Nijlen · since 2019
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General medical practice · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2021
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2019
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Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · Pittem · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Parl.l asbl · Liège · since 2025
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · since 1996
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Vermogensbeheer · Tubize · since 2010
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Schaarbeek · since 1965
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Other financial services · Gouvy · since 1994
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Gent · since 2015
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Other business support services · Brecht · since 2018
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Groothandel in schoeisel · since 1968