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.
“PORO”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Knokke-Heist · since 2025
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General cleaning of buildings · Herentals · since 2020
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Tilburg · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 1998
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Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Pig breeding farms · Pittem · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Paroisse Orthodoxe Roumaine Anderlecht · Anderlecht · since 2019
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Mechelen · since 2011
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Abbreviation of POLDERSE REDDINGSCLUB · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Varkensvetmesterijen · Soumagne · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · since 1989
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · since 2016
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Gent · since 2022
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Other business support services · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2022
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Sint-Niklaas · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Roeselare · since 2025