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.
“PELC”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Eeklo · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Dendermonde · since 2018
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since 2024
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since 2018
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Mol · since 2026
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Abbreviation of PRETE ET LECOCQ · Hairdressing and barber services · Charleroi · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Zandhoven · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Wit-Gele Kruis van Limburg · Nursing and midwifery · Genk · since 1964
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Activities of holding companies · Laarne · since 2000
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schoten · since 2015
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General construction of residential buildings · Incourt · since 2017
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Other business support services · Rotselaar · since 2017
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2022
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Office administrative and support services · De Panne · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · Heusden-Zolder · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Waasmunster · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Périple en la Demeure · Manufacture of beer · Gouvy · since 2005
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Parc Eolien de Leuze-en-Hainaut · Handel in elektriciteit · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2008
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2024
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Mixed farming · Merksplas · since 2009
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Brakel · since 1976
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Dental practice · Kampenhout · since 2007
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Andere vormen van creatie van kunst · since 2026