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.
“PHIBA”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Raising of horses and other equines · Menen · since 1993
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Laakdal · since 2024
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Real estate agency activities · Theux · since 1986
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Gerpinnes · since 1993
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Jodoigne · since 1995
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Sint-Truiden · since 2011
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Aalter · since 2012
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Cafés and bars · Waregem · since 2006
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2018
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Joinery installation · since 2023
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Fitness centres · Torhout · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of TRST · Cafés and bars · Chimay · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2017
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · since 2021
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Malle · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Wingene · since 2006
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Medical Association for Personnal Health Improvement(P.H.I.) · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1991
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2002
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Activities of lawyers · Brugge · since 2014
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Manufacture of other wood products · since 2009
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Brussel · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Groupe culturel burundais hiba · Seraing · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Haeck's Innovative Boxing Art · Activiteiten van vechtsportclubs · Gent · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of VOYAGE HIBA · Scheduled passenger transport by road · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2016
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2010