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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“POPPORTA”

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.

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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

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • POPPORTA same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Dilbeek · since 1995
  • Porta BV very similar
    Rotterdam · since 2019
  • PORTA SA very similar
    LUXEMBOURG · since 1974
  • Porta (sole trader) very similar
    Full-service restaurants · since 2026
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • PORTAS similar
    Name of an establishment of VAKBEDRIJF DENYVES · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Geraardsbergen · since 1988
  • PORTAS similar
    Name of an establishment of SWAAB · Joinery installation · Kontich · since 1989
  • PORTAL similar
    Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Antwerpen · since 1997
  • PORTAS similar
    Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Willebroek · since 2013
  • POPPOL similar
    Kortrijk · since 2017
  • POP POT similar
    Event catering · Vorst · since 2018
  • PORTASU similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Waregem · since 2014
  • PORTAFO similar
    Activities of building architects · Beernem · since 2022
  • PORTAAL similar
    Translation services · Geraardsbergen · since 2012
  • Portals similar
    Web portal activities · Aalter · since 2008
  • Port+ similar
    Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 1968
  • POPP similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Blégny · since 2014
  • Port similar
    Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Mechelen · since 2011
  • PORTA PASTA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2007

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