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Is your company name still free?

Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“PENIM”

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.

Same or very similar names

8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • PENIM same name
    Real estate agency activities · Waterloo · since 2003
  • VENIM very similar
    Gent · since 1985
  • DENIM very similar
    Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 1986
  • VENIM very similar
    Overijse · since 1987
  • PERIM very similar
    Real estate agency activities · Enghien · since 1993
  • BENIM very similar
    Computer programming · Beyne-Heusay · since 2022
  • ZENIM very similar
    Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Tenneville · since 2010
  • Sole trader very similar
    Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2011
Names that resemble it 3 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • PENIMMO similar
    Zaragoza 50005 · since 2003
  • PENIEL similar
    Anderlecht · since 1947
  • P.E.N. similar
    Mortsel · since 1992

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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