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.
“PENA”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Gent · since 2026
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Abbreviation of P en A INTERNATIONAL · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Temse · since 2024
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Verhuur en lease van luchtvaartuigen · Middelkerke · since 2010
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Mortsel · since 1992
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Joinery installation · since 2013
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Abbreviation of PENACO CONSULT · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Zottegem · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van andere meubelen, n.e.g. · Gerpinnes · since 2026
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since 2012
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Gent · since 1988
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Brugge · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of MDL ASSOCIATES · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2016
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Diensten in verband met de luchtvaart · Schilde · since 2017
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Other legal services · Vilvoorde · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Perwez · since 2025
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Abbreviation of PROMOPACK · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Wijnegem · since 1974
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Abbreviation of P & M Grondwerken · Site preparation · Herselt · since 1991
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Zandhoven · since 1993
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Abbreviation of FINISH · Mijas-Costa · since 1996
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Abbreviation of PEN EN GANZEKOOI · Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1998
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Asse · since 2000
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Mobile food service activities · Antwerpen · since 2025
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since 2014
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Activities of building architects · Esneux · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · since 2021