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.
“PHONEX”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2022
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Anderlecht · since 2021
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Anderlecht · since 2025
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Abbreviation of PHONIX ARMATUREN-WERKE BREGEL GMBH · VOLKMARSEN · since 1999
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Activiteiten op het gebied van logopedie · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of TRADE & SERVICES ALLMAK · Cafés and bars · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2009
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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3151 HJ Hoek van Holland · since 2019
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2007
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · Jodoigne · since 2017
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Market research and public opinion polling · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1994
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1996
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Turnhout · since 2013
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2023
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Aalst · since 2023
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Charleroi · since 1990
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2001
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2013
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Mechelen · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Open business · Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Elsene · since 2018
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Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · since 2023
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of RIBAS · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Heusden-Zolder · since 2009
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · Leuven · since 2012
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Almere · since 1999
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Brussel · since 2024
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Luxembourg · since 1976
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Ukkel · since 2007
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2025
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Seneffe · since 2005