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.
“PHADO”
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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Other business support services · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 1989
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Antwerpen · since 1989
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Wommelgem · since 1998
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Development of residential building projects · Malmedy · since 1974
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Elsene · since 1986
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Destelbergen · since 1987
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Ukkel · since 1994
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · Mouscron · since 2012
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Cafés and bars · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of Solsties · Other retail sale of food · Hulshout · since 2010
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Activities of independent sportspeople · Rixensart · since 2025
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Rochefort · since 1989
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2025