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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.

“PROVBAL”

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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.
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Same or very similar names

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • PROVBAL same name
    Kortrijk · since 2011
  • PROBAL very similar
    Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Ukkel · since 2002
  • ProVal very similar
    Other technical testing and analysis · Keerbergen · since 2010
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • PROVBIND similar
    Pre-press and pre-media services · Antwerpen · since 2018
  • PROVANAL similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Zoersel · since 2011
  • PROVA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 1988
  • PROVA similar
    Name of an establishment of PROVA - CO · Removal services · Sint-Truiden · since 1994
  • PROVE similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Zulte · since 2020
  • PRO VT similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Tienen · since 2021
  • PROVA similar
    Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Montreuil · since 2022
  • Provo similar
    Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2023
  • Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
  • Provu similar
    Activities of head offices · Poperinge · since 2025
  • Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Mechelen · since 2025
  • PrOV similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Pro-Openbaar Vervoer · Antwerpen · since 1982
  • PROVITAL similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of SOCIETE DES PROTEINES ET INGREDIENTS ALIMENTAIRES NATURELS · Pecq · since 1987
  • Prova similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Brussel · since 1976
  • Provu similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Pakt voor Radikale Ommekeer en Vernieuwing, tegen Uitsluiting, in Antwerpen en Overal · since 1994

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