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.
“PIABO”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2003
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Kortrijk · since 1995
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of HOVA · Cafés and bars · Herk-de-Stad · since 1994
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Gent · since 2001
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Wevelgem · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2016
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Gent · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Maaseik · since 2022
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Proefboren en boren · since 2022
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Gent · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Photo and Imaging Association · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Schaarbeek · since 1966
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Abbreviation of PREMIUM INCENTIVE ASSOCATION · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1979
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Name of an establishment of P.I.A. PITYVE · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1988
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Brussel · since 2001
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Abbreviation of PROFESSIONAL IMAGE & ADVICE · Business and other management consultancy · Lummen · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Pastoraal Informatiecentrum Antwerpen · Activities of religious organisations · Antwerpen · since 2025