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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“PHILCOMAN”

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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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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • PHILCOMAN same name
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2011
  • PHILCOM very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Riemst · since 2020
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Philco similar
    Abbreviation of Philharmonisch Koor van Antwerpen · Boechout · since 1965
  • Philco similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Knokke-Heist · since 1983
  • PHILCO similar
    Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Kapellen · since 1989
  • PHILCO similar
    Development of residential building projects · Brussel · since 1989
  • Philco similar
    since 1998
  • PHILCO similar
    Activities of holding companies · Lier · since 2013
  • Philco similar
    Name of an establishment of Philco Invest · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Knokke-Heist · since 2014
  • Philco similar
    Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2018
  • PHILCON similar
    Activities of head offices · Zonnebeke · since 1990
  • PHILCOR similar
    Activities of holding companies · Kapellen · since 2009
  • Philcon similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Geetbets · since 2026
  • PHILCONS similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2014
  • PHILCOBY similar
    Landscape service activities · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2005
  • PHILCOPAR similar
    Lasne · since 1998
  • PHIL. C.C. similar
    Non-specialised wholesale trade · Oudergem · since 1976
  • PHILCA similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 2000
  • PHILCON DUE similar
    Activities of head offices · Damme · since 2017
  • PHIL similar
    Detailhandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1987
  • Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · since 2021
  • COMAN similar
    Activities of holding companies · Hamont-Achel · since 1993

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