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.
“PHILBO”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Vilvoorde · since 2001
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Abbreviation of HILBO MANAGEMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Philharmonisch Koor van Antwerpen · Boechout · since 1965
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Knokke-Heist · since 1983
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Zoersel · since 1983
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Kapellen · since 1989
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Development of residential building projects · Brussel · since 1989
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Real estate agency activities · Hechtel-Eksel · since 1995
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since 1998
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Wuustwezel · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Lier · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of Philco Invest · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Knokke-Heist · since 2014
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Computer programming · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Other business support services · since 2020
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Computer programming · Walcourt · since 2022
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Detailhandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1987
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van gebreide en gehaakte stoffen · Beloeil · since 2013
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2012
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Development of residential building projects · Boutersem · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · De Panne · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Schilde · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Schilde · since 1968
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Oudergem · since 1976
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Herve · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Philanthropy Europe Association · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 1995
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Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1996
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lede · since 1999
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Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Sint-Truiden · since 2002
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Namur · since 2013
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Advertising agencies · Duffel · since 2014
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Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Destelbergen · since 2015
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Spa · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Elsene · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Vaux-sur-Sûre · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Berlaar · since 2019
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Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · since 2002
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Vermogensbeheer · Brasschaat · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 2020
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Brasschaat · since 2022
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Schoten · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Nijlen · since 2023
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Herve · since 2009
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Gent · since 2010
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Elsene · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Seneffe · since 2004
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Mixed farming · Ellezelles · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Wuustwezel · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Herk-de-Stad · since 2024
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Activities of lawyers · Tervuren · since 2026
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Brussel · since 1968