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.
“PAULSSON”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Leopoldsburg · since 2005
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2023
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Mechelen · since 2026
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of head offices · Sankt Vith · since 2020
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since 2026
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Activities of building architects · since 2025
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Knokke-Heist · since 1986
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Torhout · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2020
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Rotterdam · since 1975
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1979
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Tournai · since 1989
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · Sankt Vith · since 1994
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Zonnebeke · since 2016
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Activities of lawyers · Rixensart · since 2012
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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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since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2025
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Other building finishing work · since 2026