Skip to content

Is your company name still free?

Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“PATER”

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.

Same or very similar names

16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • PATER same name
    Activities of holding companies · Aalst · since 2015
  • PATER NOSTER very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Durbuy · since 2014
  • PATER NOSTER very similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Ieper · since 2008
  • PATEL very similar
    Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Gent · since 2019
  • PATEL very similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Leuven · since 2011
  • PATEL very similar
    Wholesale of other food products · Schaarbeek · since 2021
  • Sole trader very similar
    Roofing work · since 1975
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 2011
  • Panter very similar
    Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Olen · since 2017
  • PARTER very similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Ukkel · since 2010
  • Sole trader very similar
    Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2016
  • PATER OMNIS very similar
    Brussel · since 2020
  • Sole trader very similar
    since 2024
  • Sole trader very similar
    Nursing and midwifery · since 2025
  • Sole trader very similar
    Vervaardiging van wapens en munitie · since 2026
  • PATER BIL very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Zeevisserij · Knokke-Heist · since 1982
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · since 2023
  • Paterix similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Full-service restaurants · since 2006
  • Paternus similar
    Abbreviation of Vereniging van Medeëigenaars gebouw @Residentie Paternus@ te Tongeren, Jaminéstraat 18. · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1996
  • Patémeester similar
    Detailhandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Lille · since 2014
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
  • Pat@elier similar
    Name of an establishment of MiNi · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Huldenberg · since 2021
  • Patotter similar
    Vervaardiging van gehomogeniseerde voedingspreparaten en dieetvoeding · Destelbergen · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2014
  • Paterberg similar
    General electrical installation work · Kruisem · since 2020
  • PaterGrus similar
    Aalter · since 2007
  • Pateco similar
    Abbreviation of Paternoster en Co. · Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 1972
  • Patech similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Hamont-Achel · since 1994
  • PATATE similar
    Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2017
  • PATELA similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Elsene · since 2020
  • PATEGO similar
    Operation of sports facilities · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2021
  • PATENT similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Mortsel · since 2010
  • PATENT similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2003
  • P.A.T. similar
    Abbreviation of Paris-Aquitaine-Transports · Bordeaux · since 1968
  • P.A.T. similar
    Abbreviation of PETER ANSEEUW TRANSPORT · Freight transport by road · Zedelgem · since 2001
  • PAT similar
    Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Nivelles · since 2002
  • PAT similar
    Abbreviation of PISTONS A TROUS · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2002
  • Sole trader similar
    Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 1998
  • PAT similar
    Abbreviation of Peer And Team support · Sambreville · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2010
  • Name of an establishment of G & S Cleaning · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ardooie · since 2016
  • PATERSSITE similar
    Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2017
  • Patateroep similar
    Name of an establishment of JUBAXA · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Herent · since 2026
  • PATELLA similar
    Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Jabbeke · since 1988
  • PATELEC similar
    General electrical installation work · Oudergem · since 1995
  • PATEGOL similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Schaarbeek · since 2019
  • PatelMa similar
    Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Beringen · since 2020
  • PATENCO similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Lede · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
  • Patelec similar
    General electrical installation work · Nivelles · since 2025
  • PATERSHOL similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of BI-EV · Personenvervoer door de lucht · since 1968
  • Pat similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Schaarbeek · since 1984
  • PATERNOTTE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Halle · since 1985
  • PAT et Co similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    since 1991

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

Next steps