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.
“PPA”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Association de Police pour la Protection des Animaux · Yvoir · since 1967
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Abbreviation of Club Pétanque Peterbos Anderlecht · Anderlecht · since 1975
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Abbreviation of PLONGEURS PROFESSIONNELS ASSOCIES · Other personal services · Ukkel · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Perspectives Panafricaines Association · Schaarbeek · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Petrick Performing Arts · Gent · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Psycholoog Pinar Akar · Genk · since 2022
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Other technical testing and analysis · Lier · since 2009
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Palestinian Public Affairs Council · Rebecq · since 2020
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since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Wellin · since 2024
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Beersel · since 1995
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1991
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Other building finishing work · since 2019
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Activities of interior architects · Mechelen · since 2019
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Groothandel in voedsel voor huisdieren · Ath · since 2021
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Beerse · since 2023
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Maaseik · since 2023
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Retail sale of footwear · Schilde · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Oudergem · since 2025
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Waregem · since 2025
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2026
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Verhuur en lease van vaat- en glaswerk, keuken- en tafelgerei, elektrische huishoudapparaten en andere huishoudelijke benodigdheden · Wortegem-Petegem · since 1966
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Real estate agency activities · Mons · since 1986
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1993
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Abbreviation of PEETERS PRODUKTIES · Geluidsopnamestudio's · Schilde · since 1994
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Abbreviation of PETER POUSSENIER · Manufacture of jewellery · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Abbreviation of PANACHE PRODUCTIONS · Production of cinema films · Lasne · since 2001
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Abbreviation of POLYASPHALT - DISTRIBUTION · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Namur · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Planet Park · Other sports activities · Brussel · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Pretty Professions · Schoten · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Padel Academy ASBL · Liège · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Prairie permanente · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Anderlecht · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Prêt Atouts · Ath · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Passion d'Argile · Tubize · since 2018
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Abbreviation of POH action · since 2019
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Abbreviation of PAUSE ANIMAL · Wanze · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Phil-Aventure · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2020
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Petit Paris · Heuvelland · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Prevention-Arnaque · Anderlecht · since 2022
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Abbreviation of LE PETIT PAPILLON · Esneux · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Prop'Auto · Clavier · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Prime Productions · Zonnebeke · since 2006
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Abbreviation of La Pierre d'Angle · Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Erezée · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Silex · Other amusement and recreation activities · Tournai · since 2007
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Abbreviation of PARCOURS D'AVENIR PLUS · Socio-cultural adult education · La Louvière · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Plantenasiel · Other membership organisations · Oud-Turnhout · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Pirot Pauline · Day nurseries and crèches · Rendeux · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Preventieplatform · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2025