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.
“PAUMA”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Jodoigne · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Balen · since 2024
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Vermogensbeheer · Aalst · since 2021
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Plumbing work · Kortrijk · since 2026
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Liège · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of ILKA MANS INGENIEURS EN ARCHITECTEN · Activities of building architects · Bornem · since 2009
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2010
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of RISTORANTE PIZZERIA DEL MONUMENTE, DA ALBERTO · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Aiseau-Presles · since 2005
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Hotton · since 1985
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Overijse · since 2017
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · since 2026
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Activities of interior architects · since 1988
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Maaseik · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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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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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Oudenaarde · since 1976
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Name of an establishment of PARFUMA 2 · Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Wijnegem · since 1992