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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“PEFRAL”

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

7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • PEFRAL same name
    LONDON · since 2006
  • PEFRA (sole trader) very similar
    Support activities for crop production · since 2017
  • PEFRAS very similar
    Abbreviation of Pan European Federation of Regulatory Affairs Societies - Fédération Pan européenne des Associations d'Affaires réglementaires · since 1995
  • BEFRAL very similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Elsene · since 2007
  • PETRAL very similar
    Lease van intellectuele eigendom en vergelijkbare producten, met uitzondering van werken onder auteursrecht · Brussel · since 2021
  • General electrical installation work · since 2007
  • DEFRAL very similar
    General electrical installation work · Wevelgem · since 2023
Names that resemble it 2 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Peefra similar
    Activities of holding companies · Essen · since 2005
  • FRAL similar
    Office administrative and support services · Seneffe · since 2015

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