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.
“PICS”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of PIGS · Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Walcourt · since 1996
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gesves · since 2024
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Other photographic activities · since 2018
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · since 2025
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Support activities for animal production · since 2018
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Pastoraal Informatiecentrum · Activities of religious organisations · Hasselt · since 1970
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Abbreviation of PAINTINGS & INDUSTRIAL COATINGS · General construction of residential buildings · Laarne · since 1981
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Abbreviation of PRODUCTION INDUSTRIELLE DE COMPOSANTS · Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Fleurus · since 1989
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Brussel · since 1989
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Gent · since 1990
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Abbreviation of PRISMA INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING · Wholesale of machine tools · Etterbeek · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Protective Industrial Coatings · Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · La Hulpe · since 1999
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Tournai · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Partenaire Immobilier du Condroz · Hamois · since 2022
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · since 2010
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Nivelles · since 2010
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Graphic design and visual communication · Fléron · since 2011
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Abbreviation of PIZZ'INVESTMENT COMPANY · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antoing · since 2007
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Other retail sale of food · since 1989
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Activities of head offices · Oostende · since 2022
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Brussel · since 2009
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Ieper · since 1992
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Retie · since 1997
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Office administrative and support services · since 2003
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Activities of holding companies · Avelgem · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Kruisem · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Oudenaarde · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Hove · since 2025
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Waterloo · since 1987
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · since 2012
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Trade name of Academie ter Bevordering van Cultuur en Wetenschappen · Massagno-Lugano · since 1999
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Abbreviation of PROMOTION IMMOBILIERE COMMERCIALE · Elsene · since 1987