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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.
“PAVAC”
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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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Brugge · since 2008
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Openbaar bestuur op het gebied van het bedrijfsleven; stimuleren van het bedrijfsleven · Gent · since 1982
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Winning van sier- en bouwsteen · Kontich · since 1988
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Ledegem · since 2012
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Vermogensbeheer · Izegem · since 1999
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2001
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Mixed farming · Menen · since 2009
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Groepering van Private Afvalbewerkers van de Provincie Antwerpen · Malle · since 1981
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Dilbeek · since 1993
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2017
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Comines-Warneton · since 1996
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Lier · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Waregem · since 1986
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Handel in elektriciteit · Destelbergen · since 1993
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Vermogensbeheer · Brasschaat · since 2000
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Drukken van dagbladen · since 2016
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Middelkerke · since 2018
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NEUNEN · since 2008
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Abbreviation of PRESENCE ET ACTION CULTURELLES DE RETINNE · Fléron · since 1970
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Abbreviation of IMMOBILIERE PERFECTA · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ukkel · since 1983
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Abbreviation of PATRICK'S AMERICAN CARS · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Grimbergen · since 1986
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Abbreviation of PUBLISHING-ADVERTISING-CONSULTING · Elsene · since 1988
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Abbreviation of PUBLICITEITS- EN AUDIOREGIE VLAANDEREN · Advertising agencies · Bornem · since 1990
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Abbreviation of POPULIERENHOF ADVISING AND CONSULTING · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Nieuwpoort · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Présence et Action culturelles · Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Anderlecht · since 1991
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Office administrative and support services · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1994
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Abbreviation of LES PROFESSIONNELS AFRICAINS DE LACOMPTABILITE · Brussel · since 1995
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Abbreviation of PRESENCE ET ACTION CULTURELLES - Régionale VERVIETOISE · Verviers · since 2000
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Abbreviation of PRESENCE ET ACTION CULTURELLES SPA · Spa · since 2002
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Advertising agencies
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Other specialised construction activities · Elsene · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Psychologenkring Antwerpen Centrum · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Abbreviation of StVicAnt Hoboken OLV Geboorte · Antwerpen · since 1978
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Abbreviation of PETIT ABATTOIR COOPERATIF · Verwerking en conservering van vlees van gevogelte · Namur · since 2018
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Abbreviation of PROTECT AND CARE · Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Gent · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostrozebeke · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Plasmajet Advanced Coatings · Coating of metals · Lummen · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Palestijnse Alghalban Vereniging · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Brussel · since 1988
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Wholesale of other household goods · Mechelen · since 1992
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Bouw van bruggen en tunnels · Herbeumont · since 1995
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Activities of interior architects · since 2016
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Equestrian clubs · Zandhoven · since 2011
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Zuienkerke · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Association de Véhicules anciens de Charleroi · Advertising agencies · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 1976
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Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · Ronse · since 1984
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Abbreviation of AVA COMMERCE · Cafés and bars · Oudergem · since 2009
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Activities of interior architects · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1993