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.
“PITSTOP 2000”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Landen · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of DAY FOOD · Wholesale of other food products · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2013
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Knokke-Heist · since 1999
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of PITSTOP WENDUINE · Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · De Haan · since 2009
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zonhoven · since 2006
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
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Other business support services · since 2025
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of DE BACKER · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Grimbergen · since 2008
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1999
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Brugge · since 2001
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of S.V.R. IMMOBILIERE · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Aywaille · since 2007
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Anderlecht · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Perspective 2000 · Yvoir · since 1996
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Vervaardiging van elektronische onderdelen · Asse · since 1987
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Hove · since 2001
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Abbreviation of PROF-IT SOLUTIONS · Computer programming · Brasschaat · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Progressive IT Systems · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Essen · since 2010
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2015