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.
“PRODING PACT”
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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Production of cinema films · Vorst · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Promotion of Arts and Culture of the Third World · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Promotion des Arts et Cultures du Tiers-Monde · Ukkel · since 1988
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Steenokkerzeel · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Prêts, Assurances, Cuisines et Transports · Freight transport by road · Gesves · since 2000
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Abbreviation of patient access partnership · Other information service activities · Etterbeek · since 2015
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of GIDOSÉ · Activities of holding companies · Dentergem · since 2011
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Landen · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Vorst · since 2016
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 1980
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Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Musson · since 1992
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2007
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Gent · since 1968