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.
“PEKAM”
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.
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Development of residential building projects · Blankenberge · since 2017
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Aalst · since 1989
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Nijlen · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Waasmunster · since 1992
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Abbreviation of PECAM - Pôle Etudiant de l'ECAM · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2015
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Vervaardiging van deegwaren · Brussel · since 2022
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Plumbing work · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2023
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Beveren · since 1987
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2013
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kasterlee · since 2012
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Dilbeek · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Paul et Elaine KERF · Proefboren en boren · Pepinster · since 2010
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2006
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Aalst · since 2003
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Bredene · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of SHABAD ALIMENTATION GENERALE · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Awans · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2026