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.
“PATO”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Ninove · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Herent · since 2004
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Chaudfontaine · since 2002
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Other information technology and computer services · Namur · since 2010
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Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse · since 2026
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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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Retail sale of household furniture · Gent · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Peer And Team support · Sambreville · since 2022
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Deinze · since 2008
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Roeselare · since 2025
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Kapellen · since 1968
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Antwerpen · since 1977
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Activities of building architects · since 2017
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Oostende · since 1988
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Risk and damage evaluation · Oostende · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Psychologie, Aide technique et Handicap · Other software publishing · Namur · since 1993
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Abbreviation of PATHOLOGIE · Specialist medical practice · Ingelmunster · since 1997
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Sint-Niklaas · since 1999
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Brussel · since 1999
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · Knokke-Heist · since 2003
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since 1994
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2001
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Site preparation · Ukkel · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Theux · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kasterlee · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Chaudfontaine · since 2011
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Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · seattle · since 2006
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Beerse · since 1997
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Vervaardiging van gehomogeniseerde voedingspreparaten en dieetvoeding · Destelbergen · since 2023
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Literary creation · since 2026
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Schaarbeek · since 1984
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Genk · since 2007
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · since 1987