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.
“PINGUIN”
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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Antwerpen · since 1975
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Name of an establishment of PINGUIN II · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 1984
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Braives · since 2019
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 1991
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Growing of flowers · since 2021
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Antwerpen · since 1968
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Pinguins Barket Sport · Antwerpen · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of Il Pinguino · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Leuven · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · since 1996
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 1988
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1976
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Development of residential building projects · Lier · since 2024
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Brussel · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Genk · since 2022
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2008
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Groothandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · since 1966
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Productie van diepgevroren groenten en fruit · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of Autonoom Gemeentebedrijf Stedelijk Onderwijs Antwerpen · Gemeentelijk gesubsidieerd gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Other business support services · Brugge · since 1988
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Schilde · since 2020
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Paradox Investment Network · Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Waterloo · since 1991
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Groothandel in sanitair · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1969
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Business and other management consultancy · Menen · since 2013
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 1981
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Production of cinema films · Brussel · since 2004
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2024