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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“PAVABER”

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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • PAVABER same name
    Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Brussel · since 1988
  • Pagaber very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Keerbergen · since 2016
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • P.A.V.A. similar
    Abbreviation of Groepering van Private Afvalbewerkers van de Provincie Antwerpen · Malle · since 1981
  • PAVA similar
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Dilbeek · since 1993
  • Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2017
  • PAVA BOUW similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Maldegem · since 2017
  • Pavan similar
    Openbaar bestuur op het gebied van het bedrijfsleven; stimuleren van het bedrijfsleven · Gent · since 1982
  • Pavam similar
    Winning van sier- en bouwsteen · Kontich · since 1988
  • PAVAN similar
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Ledegem · since 2012
  • PAVAL similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Izegem · since 1999
  • Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2001
  • PAVER similar
    Floor and wall tiling · Hoogstraten · since 2022
  • PAVAR similar
    Mixed farming · Menen · since 2009
  • PAVAC similar
    Hotels and similar accommodation · Brugge · since 2008
  • ABER similar
    Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Torhout · since 2023
  • ABER similar
    Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION BELGE DES ECOLES RUSSE · Floreffe · since 2008
  • ABER similar
    Abbreviation of Antenne Bruxelloise d’ Éducation et de Réinsertion · Other educational support services · Brussel · since 2024

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