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.
“PROTIMA”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Vorst · since 2014
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Other building finishing work · Ukkel · since 2019
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2020
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Computer programming · Mechelen · since 1995
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Other business support services · Namur · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Berlare · since 2011
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Abbreviation of JANSSEN en DE JONG PLANCOORDINATIE B.V. · Roermond · since 1980
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Name of an establishment of Auhreum · Overige kredietverstrekking n.e.g. · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2013
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of CENTRE PROXIMA · Buying and selling of own real estate · Gembloux · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostkamp · since 2023
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2025
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other construction installation · Ath · since 1998
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DONGEN · since 2015
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Floor and wall tiling · Laakdal · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Protint 9000 · Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · Evergem · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Huy · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Produits chimiques et matériel · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Wavre · since 1974
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Schoten · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of DRESSER PRODUITS INDUSTRIELS · Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Rungis · since 1992
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Rijkevorsel · since 2002
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Hasselt · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2022
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Floor and wall tiling · Zaventem · since 2022
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2024
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Leuven · since 1964
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Name of an establishment of VAN DER WEEËN · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Denderleeuw · since 1981
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Kasterlee · since 1984
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Hasselt · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of DE STER · Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · Herselt · since 1989
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Advertising agencies · Eupen · since 1991
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of RAUKA · Mixed farming · Burg-Reuland · since 1994
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Development of residential building projects · Roeselare · since 2000
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Tinlot · since 2013
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Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · since 2020
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Activiteiten van binderijen en aanverwante diensten · since 1984
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Other building finishing work · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Vorst · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2023
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Joinery installation · Menen · since 2024
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2019
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Eupen · since 1978
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Liedekerke · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of PRIMA PARTNERS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2004