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.
“PINCHO”
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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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Kortenaken · since 2024
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Event catering · since 2024
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Other information technology and computer services · Elsene · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Ganshoren · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Pelt · since 1999
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Niklaas · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of AB PONCHO · Full-service restaurants · Waterloo · since 2004
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Partners in Coating · Activities of holding companies · Aalst · since 2011
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Roermond · since 2004
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Temse · since 1997
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2026
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
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since 2022
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Maldegem · since 2003
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Joinery installation · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of BYT · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2008