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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.

“PHV”

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

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • PHV same name
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1989
  • P.H.V. same name
    Mortsel · since 1998
  • P.H.V. BV same name
    Name of an establishment of HOPCHET MOTORS · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Schoten · since 2000
  • PHV same name
    Abbreviation of PHILIPPE VYNCKE · Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2006
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • PhVm similar
    Name of an establishment of PHILIPPE VIS MANAGEMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Mortsel · since 2000
  • PHVE similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Izegem · since 2016
  • PHVP similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Pelt · since 2016
  • PhVB similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Erpe-Mere · since 2024
  • Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2023
  • P.H. similar
    Abbreviation of PERSONEELSCLUB ASHLAND · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1999
  • P@H similar
    Activities of holding companies · Edegem · since 2013
  • P.H. similar
    Abbreviation of Paper Hats · Londerzeel · since 2016
  • PH similar
    Abbreviation of PIERRE HUYBRECHTS Avocat · Activities of lawyers · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2019
  • PH similar
    Abbreviation of PAPENHOF · Ukkel · since 2011
  • 'PH' similar
    Abbreviation of Pakita's House · Ukkel · since 2007
  • PH similar
    Abbreviation of Protect Humanitarians · Other social work without accommodation · Brussel · since 2024
  • P.H. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Antwerpen · since 2020

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