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.
“PETREX”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1999
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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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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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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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Materials recovery from waste · Dendermonde · since 2012
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Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2023
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Logistics services · Menen · since 1977
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Abbreviation of LE RÉSEAU DES RÉGIONS ET DES AIRES MÉTROPOLITAINES D'EUROPE · Elsene · since 2001
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Abbreviation of BELGIUM TRANSPORT EXPRESS · Service activities incidental to land transportation · Denderleeuw · since 2017
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Staden · since 2020
Names that resemble it 48 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hamilton Bermuda · since 1987
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2026
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Joinery installation · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2025
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2020
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Antwerpen · since 2010
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since 2023
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Edegem · since 1976
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Vervaardiging van stortklare beton · Rotselaar · since 1992
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Anderlecht · since 1999
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1989
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Temse · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Londerzeel · since 2019
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1993
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2023
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Trade name of DAGBLADHANDEL LAURISA · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Vorselaar · since 2010
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Kontich · since 2011
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Other retail sale of food · since 2006
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Other business support services · since 2026
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since 2025
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van rubber · since 2006
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · Vorst · since 1970
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Name of an establishment of W. DECLERCQ - DE RYCKE · Full-service restaurants · Ieper · since 1981
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Business and other management consultancy · Middelkerke · since 1988
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Development of residential building projects · Knokke-Heist · since 1989
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Anderlecht · since 1996
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Jette · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of DE NIEUWE BEURS · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2003
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Plastering work · since 2008
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 1993
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2017
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Name of an establishment · Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Mortsel · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Pelt · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Laarne · since 2021
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Lievegem · since 2022
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Freight transport by road · Gent · since 2023
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Other business support services · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2011
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Oudenaarde · since 2004
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Pajottegem · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · Mechelen · since 2025
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Antwerpen · since 1977
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Namur · since 2011
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · De Haan · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2010