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.
“PAU”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Potters Architecture & Urbanism · Activities of building architects · Heers · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2022
Names that resemble it 38 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Rotterdam · since 1975
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1979
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Literary creation · Gent · since 2013
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Ganshoren · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · Overijse · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Zonnebeke · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Le Monde du Pain · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Joinery installation · Oostende · since 2024
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Other business support services · Deerlijk · since 2024
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Activities of notaries · Opwijk · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of PAPAULAU SRL · Specialist medical practice · Villers-la-Ville · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of STRAND HOTEL · Hotels and similar accommodation · Oostende · since 1985
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Full-service restaurants · since 2015
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Jodoigne · since 2015
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Vervaardiging van carrosserieën voor motorvoertuigen · since 2024
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Lummen · since 2018
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Event catering · since 2018
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2019
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Other personal services · since 2023
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2020
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Physiotherapy · since 2020
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Other business support services · since 2020
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Activities of head offices · Sankt Vith · since 2020
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Web portal activities · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Landen · since 2021
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Other business support services · Turnhout · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of pause natural beauty · Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Ukkel · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2010
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2012
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2023
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Groothandel in kledingaccessoires · Wellen · since 2005
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Media representation · Profondeville · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Balen · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Roeselare · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Hasselt · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Polaris Ascend · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ieper · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of MAISON PAULY · Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse · since 1982