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.
“PROVOQ”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2018
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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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Other education · since 2020
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Activities of building architects · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Kontich · since 1982
Names that resemble it 53 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Chateaubriant · since 1980
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Antwerpen · since 1999
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Hasselt · since 2019
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Other personal services · Leuven · since 2021
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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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Activiteiten van overige balsportclubs · Mol · since 2020
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Other personal services · since 2021
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Ninove · since 1990
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Roeselare · since 1996
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Name of an establishment · Development of residential building projects · Poperinge · since 1997
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Gent · since 1999
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Name of an establishment · Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Gent · since 2000
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General construction of residential buildings · Brecht · since 2002
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Herselt · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of AGUNA · Other business support services · Tielt · since 2012
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Herk-de-Stad · since 2014
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Name of an establishment · Advertising agencies · Lede · since 2015
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Serviceflats voor ouderen · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2016
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Brussel · since 2018
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Oostende · since 2013
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Development of residential building projects · Tielt · since 2019
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Zoersel · since 2020
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Development of residential building projects · Zandhoven · since 2020
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Poperinge · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2020
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Maaseik · since 2020
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Sports and recreation education · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2021
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2009
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Koksijde · since 2010
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Other technical testing and analysis · Keerbergen · since 2010
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Retail sale of bicycles · Brugge · since 2006
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Plastering work · Zonnebeke · since 2007
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Activities of head offices · De Haan · since 2024
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Trade name of DRS-Automotive · Repair and fitting of specific motor vehicle parts · Oostkamp · 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
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Abbreviation of Promotie van Vlaanderen in Europa · Oudenburg · since 1994