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.
“PHILEA”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Philanthropy Europe Association · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 1995
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Vermogensbeheer · Elsene · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of MADDY RIGA CONSULTING · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Wavre · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 2023
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Dental practice · Ukkel · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · Walhain · since 2018
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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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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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Brasschaat · since 2022
Names that resemble it 52 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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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Liège · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Kapellen · since 2013
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2009
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Esneux · since 2022
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Waterdichtingswerken van muren · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2023
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Other printing · Ukkel · since 1976
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Soignies · since 1991
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Office administrative and support services · Tubize · since 1999
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Tournai · since 2000
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Amel · since 2000
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Knokke-Heist · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of Philéole · Vervaardiging van tandwielen, lagers en andere drijfwerkelementen · Rixensart · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Beloeil · since 2016
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Sint-Niklaas · since 2019
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Riemst · since 2020
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Kraainem · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of PHIL & YU · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2010
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Specialist medical practice · Leuven · since 2011
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Name of an establishment · Other postal and courier activities · Herk-de-Stad · since 2011
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Site preparation · since 2022
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 1983
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Elsene · since 2023
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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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Abbreviation of Philharmonisch Koor van Antwerpen · Boechout · since 1965
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Development of residential building projects · Brussel · since 1989
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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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Activities of holding companies · Lier · since 2013
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Advertising agencies · Duffel · since 2014
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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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Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Destelbergen · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2018
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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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Other business support services · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 2020
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Computer programming · Walcourt · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Nijlen · since 2023
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Name of an establishment · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Elsene · since 2012
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Mixed farming · Ellezelles · since 2007
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Name of an establishment · 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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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1994
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Gent · since 1998