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.
“PATKAT”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Specialist medical practice · Wingene · since 2008
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Mouscron · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Deinze · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of AGCon · Support activities for animal production · Maarkedal · since 2005
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Event catering · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van elektronische onderdelen · since 2021
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Other business support services · Brasschaat · since 2006
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Other business support services · Wingene · since 2016
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Paris-Aquitaine-Transports · Bordeaux · since 1968
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Abbreviation of PETER ANSEEUW TRANSPORT · Freight transport by road · Zedelgem · since 2001
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Nivelles · since 2002
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Abbreviation of PISTONS A TROUS · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2002
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2019
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Peer And Team support · Sambreville · since 2022
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2010
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Schaarbeek · since 1984