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.
“PRETEL”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Financiële lease · Wemmel · since 1979
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Vervaardiging van platen, vellen, buizen en profielen van kunststof
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Name of an establishment of PRE TEC BELGIUM · Machining of metals · Pelt · since 1996
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Wholesale of machine tools · Waterloo · since 1984
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Malmedy · since 2012
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Web portal activities · since 2013
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Literary creation · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Oostende · since 2009
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Activiteiten van callcenters · Ronse · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Menen · since 2024
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of PROMOTION ET RENOVATION DE L'ENSEIGNEMENT TECHNIQUE · Bastogne · since 1986
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Elsene · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of SURISEC · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · PARIS · since 2013
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Orp-Jauche · since 2018
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Other software publishing · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw · Heusden-Zolder · since 2006
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Seneffe · since 2026
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Waterloo · since 1989
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Schaarbeek · since 1979