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.
“PIBU”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Development of residential building projects · Zwevegem · since 2019
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of PROVINCIAAL INFORMATICA - BUREAU · Buying and selling of own real estate · Koksijde · since 1987
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Abbreviation of PRIME INVEST BRUSSELS · Real estate agency activities · Lasne · since 1999
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Development of residential building projects · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2001
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Abbreviation of OCEVA · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zedelgem · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Panathlon International Belgium · Gent · since 2022
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Abbreviation of PIERRE INVEST BELGIUM · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Elsene · since 2005
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Abbreviation of PALEN EN IMPREGNEERBEDRIJF LENAERS · Wholesale of timber · Hasselt · since 1981
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Partner in Business Development · Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Truiden · since 2002
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Riemst · since 2016
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Duffel · since 2021