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.
“PLO”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Parking L.O. · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Boortmeerbeek · since 1973
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Ukkel · since 2018
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Provincie Limburg · Provinciale overheid · Hasselt · since 1968
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Translation services · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2000
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Joinery installation · Visé · since 2021
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Antwerpen · since 2022
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Machining of metals · Herstal · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2010
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Plumbing work · De Haan · since 2010
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Pelt · since 2000
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Vermogensbeheer · Nivelles · since 2016
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Literary creation · since 2019
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Other social work without accommodation · Schaarbeek · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Aalst · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Avelgem · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Bernadette Van Ryssen, small animal arthroscopy · Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Sint-Niklaas · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Aerobag · Vervaardiging van fietsen en invalidenwagens · Lille · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Niklaas · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Patrouilles Libres · Beloeil · since 1979
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Abbreviation of PONTE LUNGARNO · Other information service activities · Brussel · since 2013
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Abbreviation of PL ACTIO · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Charleroi · since 2016
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Abbreviation of PLACE DE LONDRES · Elsene · since 2012
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Abbreviation of ProxyLink · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Tubize · since 2007
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Abbreviation of PUUUUR · Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Putte · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Pharos Logic · Computer programming · Waterloo · since 2025