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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.

“POTEL”

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

15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • POTEL same name
    Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Marchin · since 2020
  • POTER very similar
    Plumbing work · Meise · since 2019
  • Potel, Michel (sole trader) very similar
    since 1973
  • PROTEL very similar
    Wholesale of machine tools · Waterloo · since 1984
  • PROTEL very similar
    Activiteiten van callcenters · Ronse · since 2010
  • Potel, Magali (sole trader) very similar
    Manufacture of outerwear · since 1997
  • Potel, Valérie (sole trader) very similar
    since 2013
  • SOTEL very similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · Waterloo · since 1979
  • KOTEL very similar
    Fléron · since 2013
  • LOTEL very similar
    Groothandel in spellen en speelgoed · Antwerpen · since 2017
  • POPEL very similar
    Bouw van civiele schepen en drijvend materieel · Essen · since 2018
  • PATEL very similar
    Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Gent · since 2019
  • PATEL very similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Leuven · since 2011
  • PATEL very similar
    Wholesale of other food products · Schaarbeek · since 2021
  • HOTEL very similar
    Name of an establishment of BLACK PEARL · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Mons · since 2007
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

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