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.
“PIAS”
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.
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Knokke-Heist · since 2022
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1981
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Tielt · since 2025
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Brussel · since 1989
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · 75008 Paris · since 2018
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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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Mobile food service activities · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Pastoraal Informatiecentrum Antwerpen · Activities of religious organisations · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Saint-Nicolas · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Pakistan International Airlines Corporation · Karachi · since 1972
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Jalhay · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2011
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Activities of interior architects · Boechout · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Gent · since 2021
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Other legal services · Tremelo · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Lievegem · since 2011
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Riemst · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of MIMO · Other construction installation · Bonheiden · since 2012
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Braine-le-Comte · since 2024
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Brussel · since 2020
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Other building finishing work · Wingene · since 2021
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Elsene · since 2008
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Abbreviation of BUREAU EUROPEEN PERMANENT DES IMPORTATEURS D'AUTOMOBILES SOVIETIQUES · Oudergem · since 1990