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.
“PHAOS”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Photography, excluding press photography · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Rixensart · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Menen · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Zwevegem · since 2000
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Antwerpen · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Oostende · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of PHAROS MANAGEMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Grez-Doiceau · since 2006
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Leopoldsburg · since 1978
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Cafés and bars · Leuven · since 1994
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Computer programming · Herent · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Zele · since 2015
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2022
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Literary creation · since 2023
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Vorst · since 2010
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Khaotik Art Order Society · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Namur · since 2025
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Other specialised design activities · since 2000
Names that resemble it 5 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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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Eghezée · since 2014