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.
“PC 2000”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of PC 2000-Bee-api · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lessines · since 1982
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Turnhout · since 1990
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Perspective 2000 · Yvoir · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of REMONDIS Stavelot · Freight transport by road · Stavelot · since 1993
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Abbreviation of 2000 CAPITAL · Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · Kontich · since 1996
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Abbreviation of CENTER COURT 2000 · Event catering · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Abbreviation of PSYCHO-ARTS 2000 · Hoegaarden · since 1999
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Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1982
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Malmedy · since 1986
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Activities of holding companies · Bornem · since 2022
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Estinnes · since 2000
Names that resemble it 2 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Paul Grosjean Communication Consulting 2000 · News agency activities · Lasne · since 1999
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2011