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.
“PHEMAR”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tournai · since 2007
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Waregem · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Tervuren · since 2022
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Dilbeek · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Aalst · since 1990
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Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · Gent · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Aarschot · since 1996
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Freight transport by road · since 2015
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General construction of residential buildings · Roosdaal · since 2015
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Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · Schilde · since 2026
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Other business support services · Ninove · since 1999
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Activities of head offices · since 2014
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Activities of head offices · since 2014
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Knokke-Heist · since 2002
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Lede · since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Vocational training · Houyet · since 2025
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Genk · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2018
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Abbreviation of EARLY MODERN ART RESEARCH · Brussel · since 2020
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2026