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.
“PEBRA”
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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Specialist medical practice · Chiny · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Tielt · since 2003
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Vervaardiging van stortklare beton · Rotselaar · since 1992
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Wetteren · since 1993
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Name of an establishment · Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Kruisem · since 1996
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of bicycles · Wingene · since 1996
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Name of an establishment · Office administrative and support services · Brussel · since 1996
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Anderlecht · since 1999
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1989
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Support activities for crop production · since 2017
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Temse · since 2018
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Name of an establishment · Full-service restaurants · Londerzeel · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Grimbergen · since 2020
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Groothandel in installatiemateriaal voor loodgieterswerk en verwarming · Leuven · since 2021
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Nursing and midwifery · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of DAGBLADHANDEL LAURISA · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Vorselaar · since 2010
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Kontich · since 2011
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Other retail sale of food · since 2006
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Wholesale of other household goods · Kortrijk · since 2007
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Name of an establishment · Vermogensbeheer · Brecht · since 2025
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Presses Estudiantines de Bruxelles · Brussel · since 1981
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Business and other management consultancy · Charleroi · since 2002
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Abbreviation of PLANT ENGINEERING BELGIUM · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Eeklo · since 2014
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2016
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Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · since 2017
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Gent · since 1983
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN BATTERY RECYCLERS ASSOCIATION - ASSOCIATION EUROPEENNE DES RECYCLEURS DE BATTERIES, DE PILES ET D'ACCUMULATEURS · Web portal activities · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of The European Business Registry Association · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 2019