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.
“PATBEL”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Delaware 19810, New Castle County · since 1998
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Gent · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Leuven · since 2011
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Wholesale of other food products · Schaarbeek · since 2021
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Raising of horses and other equines · Kasterlee · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · Koekelberg · since 2020
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Diksmuide · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Dendermonde · since 2024
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1997
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Flémalle · since 2004
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Real estate agency activities · Brugge · since 2000
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Other technical testing and analysis · since 2023
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Real estate agency activities · Anzegem · since 1989
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1998
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Other business support services · Herent · since 2005
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ieper · since 2006
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Abbreviation of TOYOTA BELGIUM · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zaventem · since 1945