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.
“POLPO”
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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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2023
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Computer programming · AMSTERDAM · since 2025
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2023
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Sint-Niklaas · since 2024
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Event catering · Lier · since 2018
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Abbreviation of PROVINCIAAL ONDERWIJS VLAANDEREN-PEDAGOGISCHE ONDERSTEUNING · Brussel · since 1987
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Pluimveehouderijen, muv kippenkwekerijen · Merksplas · since 1999
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Vocational training · Andenne · since 2011
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2025
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Vorst · since 1968
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La Louvière · since 1962
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Paliseul · since 2015
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Activities of interior architects · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Picea Oriëntalis · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Gent · since 2020
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Literary creation · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Passeurs d'Ombres · Martelange · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brecht · since 1984
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Joinery installation · Geel · since 2020
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Other education · since 2023