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.
“PISTOU”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Detailhandel in verf en verfwaren · Lebbeke · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · Oostkamp · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Avelgem · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Roeselare · since 2023
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Oud-Heverlee · since 2022
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2010
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2011
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2004
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 2001
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Aartselaar · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Wijnegem · since 2022
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Development of non-residential building projects · Vorst · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2021
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Altenkessel · since 1976
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Soumagne · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Pistes Africaines · Chastre · since 1995
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Arlon · since 1998
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Other legal services · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2017
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of STRIKER’S · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2016