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.
“PROTECNICA”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gent · since 2024
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2014
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Other specialised construction activities · Anderlecht · since 2014
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General electrical installation work · Stabroek · since 2016
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2018
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Machining of metals · Zonnebeke · since 2007
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van schakel- en verdeelinrichtingen · Wetteren · since 1975
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Vervaardiging van ijzer en staal en van ferrolegeringen · Pelt · since 1986
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Activities of other sports clubs · Deinze · since 2002
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Forging of metal · since 2014
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Rechtstreekse verzekeringsverrichtingen niet-leven · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1990
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Insurance agents and brokers · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2002
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Plumbing work · Schoten · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Pro-Tech Energie · Activities of holding companies · Ronse · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of PROTECH EUROPE · Wholesale of other food products · Fleurus · since 2004
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General electrical installation work · Roeselare · since 2006
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Maasmechelen · since 2006
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Evere · since 2019
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Combined facilities support activities · Vilvoorde · since 2021
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Lille · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2024
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Elsene · since 1948
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Insurance agents and brokers · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1982
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Koekelberg · since 1985
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brugge · since 1989
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Real estate agency activities · Saint-Ghislain · since 1991
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since 2001
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Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · Soumagne · since 2019
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Other legal services · since 2025
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Other business support services · Bertem · since 2012
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Evergem · since 2007
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General electrical installation work · Courcelles · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2025
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Aiseau-Presles · since 1990
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General electrical installation work · since 2017
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · since 2011