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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“PIRAUX”

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

50 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • PIRAH similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2011
  • PIRAU ADAM similar
    Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Rendeux · since 2017
  • PIRARD similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Fléron · since 1999
  • PIRAAT similar
    Joinery installation · Sint-Niklaas · since 2017
  • PIRANI (sole trader) similar
    Book publishing · since 2021
  • Pirana similar
    Computer programming · Tremelo · since 2010
  • Pirard (sole trader) similar
    Freight transport by road · since 2012
  • PIRATE similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2025
  • Pirard (sole trader) similar
    General medical practice · since 2025
  • PIRARD similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Liège · since 1975
  • PIRANU similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kortrijk · since 2017

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