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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.

“POGEM”

An active company already has this name

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Same or very similar names

10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • POGEM same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2022
  • SOGEM very similar
    Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Fleurus · since 1987
  • COGEM very similar
    Name of an establishment of COGEM - COMPAGNIE GENERALE DE MAINTENANCE · Machining of metals · Vincennes · since 1989
  • POLEM very similar
    Groothandel in huiden, vellen en leer · Ravels · since 1992
  • POGAM very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Koekelare · since 1994
  • POGAM very similar
    Koekelare · since 2018
  • POVEM very similar
    since 2012
  • Sole trader very similar
    Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · since 2025
  • COGEM very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of COOPERATIVE GESTION MEDICALE · Liège · since 1990
  • Logem very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Logement-Emploi · Anderlecht · since 1994
Names that resemble it 3 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • P.O.G. similar
    Hamme (Vl.) · since 1993
  • POG similar
    Abbreviation of PROWINKO ONROEREND GOED · Elsene · since 2004
  • Sole trader similar
    Event catering · since 2024

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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