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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.

“PERNEX”

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.

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Same or very similar names

5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • PERNEX same name
    Vondelingenplaat Rotterdam · since 1986
  • Sole trader very similar
    Real estate agency activities · since 2026
  • PERTEX very similar
    Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Neupré · since 2017
  • PERFEX very similar
    Painting of buildings · Brugge · since 2021
  • PENNEX very similar
    Specialist medical practice · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2025
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • PERNEEL similar
    Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Staden · since 1989
  • PERNEBO similar
    Real estate agency activities · Assenede · since 1995
  • PERNEEL similar
    Wholesale of live animals · Staden · since 1997
  • PERNEEL similar
    General electrical installation work · Izegem · since 1998
  • Sole trader similar
    Non-conventional therapeutic services · since 2010
  • Pernur similar
    Etterbeek · since 1968

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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