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.
“PRAAD”
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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Activities of holding companies · Kasterlee · since 2017
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Sports and recreation education · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Insurance agents and brokers · Lommel · since 2017
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Abbreviation of PROGRAMME D'APPUI AUX ACTIONS ANGOLAISES DE DEVELOPPEMENT · Brussel · since 1995
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Aalst · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van draad en van kettingen en veren · Duffel · since 2023
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Other legal services · since 2025
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Belgian Platform Rider Association · Etterbeek · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Mechelen · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Flémalle · since 2020