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.
“PENCE”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other business support services · Harelbeke · since 2025
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Aalst · since 1992
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Duffel · since 2016
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Other legal services · since 2017
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since 2023
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other tax advisory services · Diest · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Lichtervelde · since 2019
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2005
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Pont-à-Celles · since 2023
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Mortsel · since 1992
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Real estate agency activities · since 2002
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2025
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Vorst · since 1992
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met personenvervoer · since 1997
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Research and development on biotechnology · Gent · since 2015
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Advertising agencies · Izegem · since 2023
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2013
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2008
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Sports and recreation education · Jabbeke · since 2023
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Kontich · since 2002
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Ukkel · since 1994
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Full-service restaurants · since 1994