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.
“PARTICON”
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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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of ARTICON RESTAURATIE TECHNIEKEN · Visual arts creation · Vorselaar · since 1987
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Aalter · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van huishoudelijke en sanitaire papierwaren · Lebbeke · since 2012
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Ardooie · since 2004
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Activities of head offices · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2017
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2018
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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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Vermogensbeheer · Lasne · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Chaudfontaine · since 2020
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2025
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Tattoo and piercing services · Thimister-Clermont · since 2026
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Paris · since 2000
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Leuven · since 2021
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Antwerpen · since 1979
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Schaarbeek · since 2001
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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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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Mechelen · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Gent · since 2011
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Oud-Turnhout · since 2024
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Mechelen · since 2025
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2025
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Abbreviation of PARTIUS ANALYSTS · Computer programming · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Olen · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of MTM · Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2014
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Zulte · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Ninove · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lint · since 2023
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · since 2024
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Specialist medical practice · Couvin · since 2013
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Office administrative and support services · since 2019
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2020
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Profondeville · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of LES ATELIERS D'ANVERS · Event catering · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Elsene · since 1982