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.
“PATON”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse · since 2026
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2014
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Development of residential building projects · Zedelgem · since 2017
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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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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Bornem · since 1992
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Vervaardiging van elektrische huishoudapparaten · Ferrières · since 2017
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Trade name of PLATON COMM V · Retail sale of other sporting goods · Kortrijk · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2021
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Verwerking van thee en koffie · Gent · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · since 2005
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Tielt · since 2024
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since 2011
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Joinery installation · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Optica Patron · Cafés and bars · Kortrijk · since 2023
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Ninove · since 2025
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Beerse · since 1997
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Joinery installation · since 2026
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Retail sale of household furniture · Gent · since 2017
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Deinze · since 2008
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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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Kapellen · since 1968
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Antwerpen · since 1977
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Dendermonde · since 1994
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · Gent · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van huishoudelijke en sanitaire papierwaren · Lebbeke · since 2012
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Other information service activities · Zoersel · since 2026
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Herent · since 2004
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Genk · since 2007
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Schaarbeek · since 1984
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · since 1987
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Ninove · since 1994