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.
“PELMA”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Detailhandel in tapijten en andere vloerbedekking en wandbekleding · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1975
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Viroinval · since 1981
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Name of an establishment · Vervaardiging van meet-, controle- en navigatie-instrumenten en -apparatuur · Niel · since 1981
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kasterlee · since 1983
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Arlon · since 1989
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of POLMA RECYCLING · Verhuur en lease van landbouwmachines en -werktuigen · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1996
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Activities of holding companies · Affligem · since 2013
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Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2013
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Liège · since 2018
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1984
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Incourt · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van schoeisel · Deinze · since 2010
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Liège · since 2015
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Abbreviation of PRETE ET LECOCQ · Hairdressing and barber services · Charleroi · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Beringen · since 2020
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Groothandel in fietsen · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Bierbeek · since 2022
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Psychology services · Namur · since 2004
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Enseignement libre à Marche · Vrij gesubsidieerd gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1997
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Harelbeke · since 2002
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General medical practice · Haacht · since 2015
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Activities of lawyers · Kortrijk · since 2016
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Insurance agents and brokers · Mechelen · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Oud-Heverlee · since 2009
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Abbreviation of European LGBTQI+ Media Association · Etterbeek · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Rotselaar · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Association Européenne des Fabricants de Lécithine · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Etterbeek · since 2023
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Gent · since 2010
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Pelt · since 2008
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Haacht · since 2020