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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“PAT-IN”

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

22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • PATIN same name
    On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Brussel · since 1993
  • PAT-IN same name
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kortrijk · since 2013
  • Other retail sale of new goods · since 2018
  • Patin same name
    Real estate agency activities · Temse · since 2024
  • Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 1992
  • PATINÉ very similar
    Design and construction of stages and sets · Brugge · since 2023
  • PATINA very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Lebbeke · since 2025
  • PATIM very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Vorst · since 1992
  • PATIO very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Maarkedal · since 2000
  • PATIO very similar
    Vorselaar · since 2003
  • PATIO (sole trader) very similar
    Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2000
  • PATIO very similar
    Name of an establishment of PATZIO · Full-service restaurants · Genk · since 2008
  • PLAT'IN very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Evere · since 1996
  • P.A.T. very similar
    Abbreviation of Paris-Aquitaine-Transports · Bordeaux · since 1968
  • P.A.T. very similar
    Abbreviation of PETER ANSEEUW TRANSPORT · Freight transport by road · Zedelgem · since 2001
  • PAT very similar
    Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Nivelles · since 2002
  • PAT very similar
    Abbreviation of PISTONS A TROUS · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2002
  • PAT. (sole trader) very similar
    Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2019
  • PAT (sole trader) very similar
    Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 1998
  • PAT very similar
    Abbreviation of Peer And Team support · Sambreville · since 2022
  • Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2010
  • Pat very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Schaarbeek · since 1984
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • PATINCO similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Wingene · since 1990
  • Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2018
  • PATIN 2.0 similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brasschaat · since 2022
  • PATINIR LLC similar
    EAGLE COLORADO · since 2022
  • PALATIN similar
    Activities of holding companies · Koekelberg · since 2011
  • Pipatin similar
    Activities of head offices · Brasschaat · since 2024
  • Patinmar similar
    Abbreviation of STEVENS en Cie - Wissel Exchange · Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Antwerpen · since 1984
  • Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
  • since 2012
  • PATINOVA similar
    Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2005
  • Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
  • Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2016
  • Pat-Invest similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2015
  • PATINVEST similar
    LUXEMBOURG · since 2006
  • PATISO similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Kortrijk · since 1956
  • Paties similar
    Longwy · since 1989
  • PATIDI similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2017
  • PATICO similar
    Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Herentals · since 2020
  • PATISA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Staden · since 2025
  • Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2021
  • Landscape service activities · since 2023
  • since 2025
  • PATIO 12 similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Halle · since 1983
  • PATILUX similar
    Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Lochristi · since 1990
  • PATYFIN similar
    since 1994
  • PACETIN similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2014
  • PATIAGO similar
    Activities of holding companies · Gerpinnes · since 2016
  • PATIPRO similar
    Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Antwerpen · since 2017
  • Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · since 2009
  • PATIMMO similar
    Real estate agency activities · Schoten · since 2005
  • PATIRIS similar
    Tournai · since 2006
  • Patrein similar
    Veterinary services · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2025
  • Sports and recreation education · since 2023
  • PATI JO similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Limbourg · since 1990
  • PATIVI similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Halle · since 1997
  • Patati similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of Flotomax · Full-service restaurants · Dendermonde · since 2017

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