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.
“PAROB”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 1990
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Other personal services · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Tournai · since 2020
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Dental practice · Lommel · since 2008
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Dental practice · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2022
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Sardische Hulp-en Ontspanningsvereniging van Limburg Grazia Deledda · Cafés and bars · Genk · since 1970
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Oud-Heverlee · since 1988
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Herselt · since 1997
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Abbreviation of PONYRUITERS, AMAZONES RUITERS OKKERZEEL · Kampenhout · since 2003
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Schoten · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Koksijde · since 2018
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Abbreviation of PARO Laak · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2011
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Translation services · Mechelen · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Consortium Parole (Consortium européen pour les Ressources linguistiques écrites · Liège · since 1995
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Translation services · since 1993
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Translation services · Haaltert · since 2015
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Dental practice · Gent · since 2017
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Dental practice · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Dental practice · Elsene · since 2021
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Dental practice · Wingene · since 2022
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Media representation · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of VASP · Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2010
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Dental practice · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Hamont-Achel · since 2025
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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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Name of an establishment of PERIO MR · Dental practice · Brugge · since 2016
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Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 1988
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Verviers · since 2015
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Dental practice · Nassogne · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Specialist medical practice · Koksijde · since 2023
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Dental practice · Kortrijk · since 2012
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AMIENS · since 2004
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Abbreviation of AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ONTWIKKELING BELGIE · Business and other management consultancy · Bocholt · since 1994