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“PLAIN”

An active company already has this name

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Same or very similar names

6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • PLAIN same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2019
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other education · since 2024
  • PLAIN - PIED very similar
    Verenigingen op het vlak van milieu en mobiliteit · Namur · since 2000
  • PLAT'IN very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Evere · since 1996
  • x'plain very similar
    Other business support services · Lokeren · since 2020
  • PLAIN SOURCE very similar
    Other software publishing · Kraainem · since 2006
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • PLAITIN similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Schilde · since 2002
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2019
  • PLANTAIN similar
    Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Anderlecht · since 1998
  • Sole trader similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2017
  • PLAINE 17 similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Brussel · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · since 2004
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1979
  • Sole trader similar
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2025
  • PLAINE-AIR similar
    Aiseau-Presles · since 1989
  • PLAIRE similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Mons · since 1997
  • Sole trader similar
    Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 1995
  • PLA similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Honnelles · since 2010
  • Sole trader similar
    Web portal activities · since 2020
  • Plainsight similar
    Computer programming · Gent · since 2023
  • POULAIN similar
    Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Nandrin · since 1982
  • POULAIN similar
    Ittre · since 1997
  • EXPLAIN similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Lasne · since 2017
  • POULAIN similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Evergem · since 2018
  • POULAIN similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Zwevegem · since 2018
  • UXplain similar
    Computer programming · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2019
  • Plantin similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Anderlecht · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · since 2026
  • EXPLAIN similar
    Advertising agencies · Karlsruhe · since 2025
  • Plaiy-IT similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Wingene · since 2025
  • PLAISIR similar
    Full-service restaurants · Lasne · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2025
  • PLAIRE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Operation of sports facilities · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 1993

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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