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.
“PONIC”
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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of head offices · Doische · since 1969
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Computer programming · Harelbeke · since 2017
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Other business support services · Aalst · since 2018
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Real estate agency activities · Kapellen · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Dessel · since 1993
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Exploitatie van recreatiedomeinen · Charleroi · since 1994
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Schoten · since 1995
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Schaarbeek · since 1995
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Activities of building architects · Ukkel · since 2001
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Advertising agencies · since 1991
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Blankenberge · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1994
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2002
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Ans · since 2018
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Anzegem · since 2014
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Zandhoven · since 2020
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2021
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2011
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Freight transport by road · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2007
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Lievegem · since 2024
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1989
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Soumagne · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Vervaardiging van houten emballage · Charleroi · since 1987
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Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 1988
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Site preparation · since 2010