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.
“PATTOU”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Brussel · since 1988
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Activities of holding companies · Chaudfontaine · since 2002
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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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since 1998
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1993
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1986
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 1991
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Event catering · since 1992
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Wemmel · since 2010
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Mixed farming · since 1992
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Mixed farming · since 1990
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Mixed farming · since 2003
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Raising of other animals · since 2023
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since 1971
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2019
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Insurance agents and brokers · Heuvelland · since 1992
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2026
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Grâce-Hollogne · since 1982
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 1985
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 1989
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Support activities for crop production · Braine-le-Comte · since 1999
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Development of residential building projects · Nieuwpoort · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Brugge · since 2018
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Izegem · since 2022
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Name of CB COMMUNICATION · Public relations and communication consultancy · Vorst · since 2010
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Finishing of textiles · since 2022
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Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 1986