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.
“PORTER - P”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Deinze · since 1991
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Etterbeek · since 2014
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Lummen · since 1981
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Event catering · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Wommelgem · since 2021
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Name of Poorten Devos · Floor and wall tiling · Anzegem · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Hamont-Achel · since 2019
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Lasne · since 2020
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of FV Portee · Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Waregem · since 2022
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Liège · since 2025
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2020
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Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Mechelen · since 2011
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · since 2011
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since 1980
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since 1974
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Name of an establishment of Fabien de Cugnac · Photography, excluding press photography · Schaarbeek · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of Espace P... · Verenigingen op het vlak van ziektepreventie en gezondheidsbevordering · Schaarbeek · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · Kortenberg · since 1991
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Zulte · since 2002
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Investigation and private security services · Aartselaar · since 2002
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1983
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Izegem · since 2005
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Translation services · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of BRANCO COMPANY · Overige gespecialiseerde bouwactiviteiten in de constructie van gebouwen, n.e.g. · Drogenbos · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Comines-Warneton · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Paroisse Orthodoxe Roumaine de Tous Saints · Wavre · since 2013
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since 1997
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General construction of residential buildings · Ravels · since 2015
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
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Activities of independent sportspeople · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · since 2026