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.
“PHOENIX FOUNDATION”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Halle · since 2023
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Ciney · since 2019
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Schaarbeek · since 1991
Names that resemble it 38 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2009
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Abbreviation of PRIVATE ART SUPPORT FOUNDATION · Visual arts creation · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Kapellen · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Patriots for Europe Foudation · Activiteiten van politieke organisaties · paris · since 2019
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Wavre · since 2014
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Abbreviation of European Network on Independant Living Foundation · Brussel · since 2018
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Other membership organisations · London · since 2019
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Gent · since 2020
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Elsene · since 2024
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Waterloo · since 2019
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2020
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Anderlecht · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2012
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Keerbergen · since 2012
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Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 2012
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VADUZ · since 2008
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Enghien · since 2026
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La Hulpe · since 2002
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Name of l'l stichting · Elsene · since 2014
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La Hulpe · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Stichting John Schrooten · Activiteiten van sportbonden en -federaties · Leuven · since 2015
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Brussel · since 2018
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Oudergem · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Herzele · since 2022
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Brussel · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of OLORIN · Computer programming · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2011
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Brussel · since 2025
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Antwerpen · since 2026
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Verenigingen op het vlak van milieu en mobiliteit · Zoutleeuw · since 2022
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Schaarbeek · since 1991
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Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of Irenic · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2024
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Zaventem · since 2025
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Activities of building architects · Sprimont · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Sprimont · since 2021
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Abbreviation of FRANKLIN SLEUYTER FOUNDATION · Oostende · since 2010