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.
“PHILMAR”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Hasselt · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Waregem · since 2006
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Wichelen · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Zwalm · since 1997
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Knokke-Heist · since 2002
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1987
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · Manage · since 2016
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1981
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1988
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1992
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1983
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 2010
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1975
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1984
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1985
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 2005
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Brussel · since 1968
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of PHILMA TS PLUS · Huishoudelijke persoonlijke dienstverlening · Braives · since 2011
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Beernem · since 2024
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2011
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General medical practice · Ittre · since 1997
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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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Teelt van andere meerjarige gewassen · Fleurus · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2024
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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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Name of an establishment of ILIMAR · Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Alken · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2012
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Development of residential building projects · Boutersem · since 2025