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.
“PETREDEC”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hamilton Bermuda · since 1987
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Materials recovery from waste · Dendermonde · since 2012
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london · since 2018
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Winning van sier- en bouwsteen · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of P. PETRE · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ukkel · since 1988
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Specialist medical practice · Geel · since 2023
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1999
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Mol · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Maaseik · since 2023
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Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2018
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Landscape service activities · since 2021
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since 2010