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.
“PIGS”
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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Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Walcourt · since 1996
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Pig breeding farms · Lochristi · since 1993
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Andere drinkgelegenheden · Vosselaar · since 2017
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2017
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Pig breeding farms · Assenede · since 2008
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · Hooglede · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · since 2006
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Preventie en Informatie Groepering Drugvrij Vlaanderen · Edegem · since 1993
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Abbreviation of PETROL INVESTMENT GROUP · Merelbeke · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of Buro BAZAAR Architecten Collectief · Business and other management consultancy · Tienen · since 2026
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Wholesale of live animals · Aarschot · since 1966
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Advertising agencies · Leuven · since 2001
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Chastre · since 1991
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Abbreviation of PATRIMOINE IMMOBILIER GESTION & ACQUISITION · Ukkel · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Chapelle Pierpont Gaiffier · Fosses-la-Ville · since 2024
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Varkensvetmesterijen · Pittem · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Mechelen · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oosterzele · since 2005