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.
“PAY”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Pirchei Agudas Yisroel · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Ninove · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of PAPAYA · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2000
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Etterbeek · since 2004
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Office administrative and support services · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1990
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of PAN AFRICAN YOUTH ASSOCIATION · Schaarbeek · since 2002
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Other information service activities · since 2026
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Abbreviation of PAYCO Loonsecretariaat · Office administrative and support services · Mechelen · since 2021
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Abbreviation of PAYROLL EXPERTS · Office administrative and support services · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van andere niet-metaalhoudende minerale producten, n.e.g. · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Gent · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of POPAY CORPORATE · Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2004
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Izegem · since 2025
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Real estate agency activities · Mons · since 1986
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1993
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Abbreviation of POLYASPHALT - DISTRIBUTION · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Namur · since 2002
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Abbreviation of PIETER AERTS · Other business support services · Wijnegem · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Padel Academy ASBL · Liège · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Prêt Atouts · Ath · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Passion d'Argile · Tubize · since 2018
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Abbreviation of POH action · since 2019
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Abbreviation of PAUSE ANIMAL · Wanze · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Positively Alive · Gent · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Phil-Aventure · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Prevention-Arnaque · Anderlecht · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Prop'Auto · Clavier · since 2005
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Abbreviation of La Pierre d'Angle · Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Erezée · since 2007
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Abbreviation of PARCOURS D'AVENIR PLUS · Socio-cultural adult education · La Louvière · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Plantenasiel · Other membership organisations · Oud-Turnhout · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Polaris Ascend · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ieper · since 2025