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.
“PENNA”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Verhuur en lease van luchtvaartuigen · Middelkerke · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2023
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Bewerken van metaal en poedermetallurgie · Aalst · since 1972
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Koekelberg · since 1994
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since 1994
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Real estate agency activities · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1994
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Abbreviation of ZENNA FORME · Operation of sports facilities · Etterbeek · since 2002
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Development of residential building projects · Herstal · since 2013
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Lubbeek · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 1983
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Other software publishing · Tervuren · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Lievegem · since 2021
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Penja Hair · Other non-specialised retail sale · Saint-Hubert · since 2022
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Eeklo · since 2011
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Abbreviation of PENTECOST STUDENTS AND ASSOCIATES · Vilvoorde · since 2012
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Gent · since 2026
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2017
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since 2018
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since 2019
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2024
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Specialist medical practice · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2025
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Mortsel · since 1992
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Brest · since 2016
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Other education · Antwerpen · since 2001
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since 1981
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Abbreviation of P en A INTERNATIONAL · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1990