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.
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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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Plaatselijke Brandverzekering Ichtegem · Ichtegem · since 1968
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2016
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Abbreviation of PHOENIX BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE · Business and other management consultancy · Vorst · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of PIERRE BOON INTERNATIONAL · Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · La Louvière · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Printing Business Intelligence · Welkenraedt · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Seneffe · since 2015
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Peace Brigades International - Belgium · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1990
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Gent · since 2000
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Computer programming · Hasselt · since 2016
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Retail sale of bicycles · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Patrimco Beheer · Essen · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Para Bellum · Schaarbeek · since 1983
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Colfontaine · since 1994
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Abbreviation of LE PETIT BAMBOU · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2000
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Abbreviation of PETROSSIAN Belgique · Groothandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Ukkel · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Playb(L)ack · Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Buggenhout · since 2013
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Abbreviation of PETIT BOUH ! · Day nurseries and crèches · Oudergem · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Pamplemousse Bleu · Other specialised design activities · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Braine-le-Château · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Plastiek Boetiek · Materials recovery from waste · Oudenaarde · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Mortsel · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Porte Bonheur · Buying and selling of own real estate · Zoersel · since 2010
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Liège · since 2011
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Roofing work · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Plumbum Saturni · Other information service activities · since 2016