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.
“PARTICIPACE”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Profondeville · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Freiburg · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2008
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Sports and recreation education · since 2019
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Participo Limburg · Verenigingen op het vlak van ziektepreventie en gezondheidsbevordering · Hasselt · since 1958
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Abbreviation of Participo CM Vlaanderen · Ziekenfondsen en zorgkassen · Schaarbeek · since 2015
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Specialist medical practice · Couvin · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Participo CM Antwerpen · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Participo CM West-Vlaanderen · Service activities incidental to land transportation · Oostende · since 1977
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Abbreviation of Participo CM Oost-Vlaanderen · Ziekenfondsen en zorgkassen · Gent · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Anderlecht · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Anderlecht · since 1969
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Business and other management consultancy · Celles (lez-Tournai) · since 2015
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Abbreviation of participation and citizenship/participation et citoyennete · Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2015
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Development of residential building projects · Gent · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of MTM · Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Parapente Ardennes Club Ecole · Bertrix · since 1991
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Activities of holding companies · Schilde · since 1992
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Abbreviation of PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMUNITY OF EUROPE · Brussel · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2019
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Activities of head offices · Schelle · since 2022
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Other sports activities · Grimbergen · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Rotselaar · since 2022
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Abbreviation of PARTI DES CITOYENS EUROPEENS · since 2007
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tubize · since 2008
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Other business support services · Turnhout · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Retail sale of other household articles · Knokke-Heist · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Participo CM Vlaams-Brabant en Brussel · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Leuven · since 1977
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2018
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Elsene · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Police Air Support Units Conferences Europe · Hoeilaart · since 1998