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.
“PEN GROUP”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Combined facilities support activities · Sint-Niklaas · since 2021
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Herve · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Path to Nature · Activities of holding companies · Lokeren · since 2025
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Other specialised construction activities · Koekelberg · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2020
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Halen · since 2021
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Manufacture of other wood products · Waremme · since 2021
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Other information technology and computer services · Lasne · since 2022
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Huy · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of GOLD INVEST · Real estate agency activities · Schaarbeek · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2011
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General electrical installation work · Heusden-Zolder · since 2024
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2025
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Meise · since 2026
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Other specialised construction activities · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2018
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2018
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Freight transport by road · Gent · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Brussel · since 2017
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Real estate agency activities · Maaseik · since 2025
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Trade name of OPEN SOFTWARE FOUNDATION INC · Wilmington New Castle · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudergem · since 2000
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Nivelles · since 2026
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Development of non-residential building projects · Lokeren · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Seraing · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · Heusden-Zolder · since 2021
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Mixed farming · Peer · since 2009
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Development of residential building projects · Chaudfontaine · since 2011
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2012
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Materials recovery from waste · Hamont-Achel · since 2008
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Temse · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · Londerzeel · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · Heusden-Zolder · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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Activities of head offices · Evere · since 2010
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Hoeilaart · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Lochristi · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Grimbergen · since 2024
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Freight transport by road · Zaventem · since 2024
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Vocational training · Ath · since 2015
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Name of an establishment · Other construction installation · Kraainem · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Waregem · since 2011
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Brussel · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Niklaas · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2024
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2018