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.
“PROVOKE”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Hasselt · since 2019
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Antwerpen · since 1999
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Schilders- en Afwerkingsbedrijf PROVO · Painting of buildings · Gent · since 1976
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2023
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Other education · since 2020
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Activities of building architects · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2020
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since 2026
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since 1995
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Chateaubriant · since 1980
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Tourist information services · since 2011
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Waasmunster · since 2005
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General electrical installation work · Frameries · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2026
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Berlaar · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2022
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Roofing work · Vosselaar · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of PROVA - CO · Removal services · Sint-Truiden · since 1994
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Vermogensbeheer · Zulte · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Tienen · since 2021
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Montreuil · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Poperinge · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Pro-Openbaar Vervoer · Antwerpen · since 1982
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Brussel · since 1976
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Abbreviation of Pakt voor Radikale Ommekeer en Vernieuwing, tegen Uitsluiting, in Antwerpen en Overal · since 1994