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.
“PATCAM”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2013
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Vilvoorde · since 1987
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Retail sale of household furniture · Antwerpen · since 1986
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lier · since 1991
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Office administrative and support services · Torhout · since 2021
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2001
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Asse · since 2021
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kasterlee · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Ingelmunster · since 1984
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Other specialised construction activities · Kortrijk · since 1985
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Zutendaal · since 1997
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2008
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Ukkel · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · De Haan · since 2010
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Brugge · since 1988
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1995
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General construction of residential buildings · Kraainem · since 2020