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.
“PETE”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Alken · since 2004
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of FOODQUEST · Other non-specialised retail sale · Lievegem · since 2017
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2008
Names that resemble it 56 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Mortsel · since 1985
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Waasmunster · since 2020
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Wemmel · since 2009
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Raising of dairy cattle · Amel · since 1986
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Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1989
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Literary creation · since 2017
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Waterdichtingswerken van muren · since 2018
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Other business support services · since 1989
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Other business support services · Knokke-Heist · since 2020
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Raising of horses and other equines · Liedekerke · since 2009
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2006
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Kapellen · since 2007
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Raising of other animals · Bièvre · since 2007
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Vervaardiging van stortklare beton · Manage · since 2007
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Jodoigne · since 2023
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Joinery installation · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Berlaar · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2015
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Other building finishing work · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of YOMAX · Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Ravels · since 2005
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Anderlecht · since 1988
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Ukkel · since 1990
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Mol · since 1991
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Abbreviation of PROPERTY et ADVICE · Business and other management consultancy · Grez-Doiceau · since 1995
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Abbreviation of PETI CONSTRUCT · Site preparation · Schaarbeek · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Boom · since 2024
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 1993
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Antwerpen · since 1962
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Nieuwpoort · since 1990
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Activiteiten van verpakkingsbedrijven · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Specialist medical practice · since 2015
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 2019
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1989
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Retail sale of household furniture
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Computer programming · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of Chato10 · Full-service restaurants · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2023
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2014
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Petershagen · since 2010
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since 1981
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Full-service restaurants · since 1976
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Landscape service activities · Boutersem · since 2004
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General electrical installation work · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · since 2007
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Other education · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2023
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Day nurseries and crèches · Wevelgem · since 2023
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Joinery installation · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · General electrical installation work · Zoersel · since 2015
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1976
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Other business support services · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2018
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Other specialised construction activities · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Lasne · since 2001