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.
“PLATAAN”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hasselt · since 2005
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gistel · since 2020
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Landscape service activities · Aarschot · since 2000
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Other tax advisory services · Haaltert · since 1978
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Sports and recreation education · since 1997
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Event catering · Herzele · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Tielt · since 2022
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2005
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2008
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General medical practice · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Zorg Izegem · Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Izegem · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2021
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of independent sportspeople · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2023
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Land surveying · Asse · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of Lus · Other social work without accommodation · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Abbreviation of PALESTINE LEGAL ACTION NETWORK · Brussel · since 2014
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Activities of building architects · since 2026
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Other information technology and computer services · Sint-Laureins · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Damme · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · Riemst · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Land surveying · Herentals · since 2010
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Dilbeek · since 1999
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Activities of head offices · Ingelmunster · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mouscron · since 1988
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Tienen · since 1991
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Other retail sale of food · since 1989
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Book publishing · since 2020
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Brussel · since 2024