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Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“PLAD”

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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Same or very similar names

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • PLAD same name
    Full-service restaurants · Bouillon · since 1988
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • PLA similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Honnelles · since 2010
  • PLADECO similar
    Plastering work · Lokeren · since 2010
  • PLAN + similar
    Land surveying · Asse · since 1998
  • Plan similar
    Name of an establishment of Lus · Other social work without accommodation · Antwerpen · since 1998
  • Play similar
    Trade name of Play Media · Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Vilvoorde · since 2000
  • PLAS similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2002
  • PLAY similar
    Pre-press and pre-media services · Oudergem · since 2002
  • P.L.A.N. similar
    Abbreviation of PALESTINE LEGAL ACTION NETWORK · Brussel · since 2014
  • Sole trader similar
    Activities of building architects · since 2026
  • P L A N similar
    Other information technology and computer services · Sint-Laureins · since 2016
  • PLAN similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Damme · since 2017
  • P-LAN similar
    General electrical installation work · Riemst · since 2017
  • plan! similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2018
  • PLAM similar
    Name of an establishment of PLAM Architectuur · Activities of building architects · Waregem · since 2020
  • P³LAB similar
    Vervaardiging van andere elektrische apparatuur · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2020
  • PLAZ similar
    Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2021
  • PLAN² similar
    Land surveying · Herentals · since 2010
  • PLAM similar
    Activities of holding companies · Wevelgem · since 2010
  • PLAY similar
    Brussel · since 2004
  • Plan V similar
    Other software publishing · Meerhout · since 2006

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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