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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.

“PROTICT”

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  • 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).
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Same or very similar names

9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • PROTICT same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Huy · since 2016
  • PRO-ICT very similar
    Leopoldsburg · since 2008
  • Protect very similar
    Rechtstreekse verzekeringsverrichtingen niet-leven · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1990
  • PROTECT very similar
    Insurance agents and brokers · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2002
  • Protint very similar
    Name of an establishment of Protint 9000 · Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · Evergem · since 2016
  • PROJICT very similar
    Other information technology and computer services · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2011
  • PROJICT very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2005
  • PROTECT very similar
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
  • PRO-T-ECT (sole trader) very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Service activities incidental to land transportation · since 2011
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Protix BV similar
    DONGEN · since 2015
  • PROTIM similar
    Other building finishing work · Ukkel · since 2019
  • Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2020
  • PROTIME similar
    Computer programming · Mechelen · since 1995
  • PROTIMA similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Vorst · since 2014
  • Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · since 2014
  • PROTILE similar
    Floor and wall tiling · Laakdal · since 2016
  • PROTIMS similar
    Other business support services · Namur · since 2023
  • PROTIMEX similar
    Other construction installation · Ath · since 1998
  • PROTITEC similar
    Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Rijkevorsel · since 2002
  • PROTILES similar
    Hasselt · since 2020
  • Pro-Tinue similar
    Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2022
  • PRO TILES similar
    Floor and wall tiling · Zaventem · since 2022
  • PROTISEM similar
    Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2024
  • PROTA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2023
  • PROTILE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Floor and wall tiling · since 2019

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