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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“PHAISTOS”

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.

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Same or very similar names

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • PHAISTOS same name
    Ukkel · since 1991
  • PHAISTOS same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Overijse · since 1995
  • PHAISTOS CONSULTING very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Silly · since 2006
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • HEPHAISTOS similar
    Wijnegem · since 1984
  • HEPHAISTOS similar
    Roeselare · since 1990
  • Sole trader similar
    Plumbing work · since 2010
  • HEPHAISTOS similar
    Coating of metals · Gent · since 2024
  • Hephaistos similar
    Activities of head offices · Gent · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Computer programming · since 2025
  • AEPHAISTOS similar
    Market research and public opinion polling · Lennik · since 2025
  • Machining of metals · Theux · since 2014
  • Sole trader similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2025

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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