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.
“PIPA”
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.
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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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Ukkel · since 1984
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Abbreviation of PIRENNE Patrimonial · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Thimister-Clermont · since 1984
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalter · since 2026
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Other business support services · Ledegem · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Aalter · since 2013
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1991
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Activities of interior architects · Mechelen · since 2019
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Beerse · since 2023
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Maaseik · since 2023
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Retail sale of footwear · Schilde · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of SPORT LINE · Retail sale of other sporting goods · Roeselare · since 1986
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2005
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Eindhoven · since 2013
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Support activities for crop production · since 2017
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Name of PIP CONSULTING · Public relations and communication consultancy · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Performance Impact People · Wuustwezel · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Brasschaat · since 2024
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since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Elsene · since 1994
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Insurance agents and brokers · Zonhoven · since 1997
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Abbreviation of PARTNERSINPROCESS CONSULTING · Business and other management consultancy · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy · Schaarbeek · since 2023
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of THE GOOD FOOD COMPANY · Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · Elsene · since 2016
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 2017
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Other sports activities · since 2000
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2009
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Fitness centres · since 2023
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Privé Initiatief tot Patrimoniumorganisatie · Beernem · since 1989