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.
“PH-AV”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of lawyers · Brussel · since 2025
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Stad Kortrijk · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Kortrijk · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Palliatieve Hulpverlening Antwerpen · Nursing and midwifery · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Abbreviation of PATRICK HOFSTRöSSLER ADVOCAAT · Activities of lawyers · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Ph Accountancy · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Ganshoren · since 2021
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of Showtime AV Productions · Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · Aalst · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Putse Hondenafrichtingsklub · Pet training · Keerbergen · since 1976
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Brussel · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Public Health Action Hub · Koekelberg · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Heuvelland · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Pharmacie Anne Hanselin · Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Ellezelles · since 2006
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Moorslede · since 2005
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Activities of lawyers · Etterbeek · since 1988
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Ukkel · since 1987