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 Metal”
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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Vervaardiging van ijzer en staal en van ferrolegeringen · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2007
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 1998
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Forging of metal · since 2013
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Temse · since 2019
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Frameries · since 2022
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Coating of metals · since 2024
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2025
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Joinery installation · Flines les mortagne · since 2026
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Machining of metals · Brunehaut · since 2026
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VALENCIENNE · since 2018
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Joinery installation · since 2002
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2022
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Vacmetal Gesellschaft für Vakuum-Metallurgie MBH · Dortmund · since 1974
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Manufacture of other wood products · Nivelles · since 1992
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Materials recovery from waste
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Groothandel in ijzerwaren · since 1990
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Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Willebroek · since 2006
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Abbreviation of VMC Metal Services · Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Verlaine · since 2007
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Machining of metals · Nivelles · since 2023
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Herstal · since 2023
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Forging of metal · since 2025
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Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · SAUTRON · since 2024
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Machining of metals · Mouscron · since 2024
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Machining of metals · since 2026
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Forging of metal · Farciennes · since 2018
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2008
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2018