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.
“POEL”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Pepingen · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2025
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since 2003
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Other financial services · Leuven · since 2025
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2009
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Plastering work · Halen · since 1975
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Visual arts creation · Anderlecht · since 2017
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2002
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Verstrekken van verbruikskrediet · since 1999
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Arendonk · since 2019
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Veterinary services · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Asse · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · since 2018
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1985
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Real estate agency activities · Destelbergen · since 2020
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Other business support services · Hamont-Achel · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · since 2017
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Lichtervelde · since 2019
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Manufacture of other wood products · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten op het gebied van persoonlijke dienstverlening · Hooglede · since 2025
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Conference du Jeune Barreau · Drukken van dagbladen · Brussel · since 1924
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Huldenberg · since 1988
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Lummen · since 1990
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2003
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General electrical installation work · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2022
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Other technical testing and analysis · Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · since 2011
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Brussel · since 2011
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · De Haan · since 2003
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Retail sale of games and toys · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 1968
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Other education · since 2014
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since 2014
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Name of an establishment of POELMANS & CO · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Lokeren · since 2014