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.
“PEGALE”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Gistel · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudergem · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Sprimont · since 2014
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RENNES · since 2003
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Abbreviation of PETROLE GAZ ET ELECTRICITE-PETROLEUM GAS EN ELEKTRICITEIT · Vorst · since 1971
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Hairdressing and barber services · Liège · since 2007
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Assesse · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 2014
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Etterbeek · since 1992
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Raising of horses and other equines · Seneffe · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · since 2019
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Brussel · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · Andenne · since 1937
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Real estate agency activities · Brussel · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Laakdal · since 2017
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Menen · since 2009
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of DEMEVA · Pig breeding farms · Lo-Reninge · since 1992