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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.

“PUBLICOM”

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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

7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • PUBLICOM same name
    Advertising agencies · Lasne · since 1982
  • PUBLICOM same name
    Activities of head offices · Olen · since 1995
  • PUBLICOM same name
    Advertising agencies · Olen · since 1996
  • PUBLICO very similar
    Name of an establishment of PERLE DE SIAM · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2003
  • PUBLICON very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2022
  • PUBLICUM very similar
    Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Antwerpen · since 1990
  • Activiteiten van binderijen en aanverwante diensten · since 1978
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • PUBLICA similar
    Non-specialised wholesale trade · Dessel · since 1984
  • PUBLIC-A similar
    Activities of lawyers · Brussel · since 2004
  • Publicolor similar
    Name of an establishment of GODERNIAUX · Advertising agencies · Rixensart · since 2005
  • PUBLICAR similar
    Name of an establishment of Evrard, Vasquez et Cie · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Schaarbeek · since 1971
  • PUBLI C.V. similar
    Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1978
  • PUBLICIA similar
    Advertising agencies · Mons · since 1986
  • PUBLICAE similar
    Other printing · Oostende · since 1993
  • PUBLI - CAR similar
    Advertising agencies · Roeselare · since 1993
  • PUBLICAN similar
    Trade name of PUBLICAN BE · Computer programming · Halen · since 2022
  • Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2009
  • PUBLICONSULT similar
    Advertising agencies · Koksijde · since 1988
  • Kontich · since 1988
  • PUBLICONSULT similar
    Wezembeek-Oppem · since 1988
  • PUBLICHEM similar
    Name of an establishment of LISAM CONNECT · Computer programming · Ecaussinnes · since 1988
  • PUBLI-CARE similar
    Other software publishing · Herzele · since 2005
  • PUBLIA similar
    Advertising agencies · Geel · since 1989
  • PUBLI M similar
    Advertising agencies · Rumst · since 1990
  • PUBLI-K similar
    Other printing · Brugge · since 2000
  • PUBLI-T similar
    Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2001
  • publiq similar
    Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2001
  • Publio similar
    Name of an establishment of THE PUBLICITY NETWORK · Drukken van dagbladen · Wijnegem · since 2002
  • PUBLI X similar
    Name of an establishment of W&W COMPANY · Painting of buildings · Vleteren · since 2015
  • PUBLIQ similar
    Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Lessines · since 2016
  • Advertising agencies
  • Publi P similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Duffel · since 2021
  • PUBLIK similar
    Vervaardiging van parfums en toiletartikelen · Heusden-Zolder · since 2025
  • PUBLICARTE similar
    Fosses-la-Ville · since 1990
  • Retail sale of other household articles · since 1988
  • PUBLI CARLO similar
    Advertising agencies · Evergem · since 2008
  • PUBLICAHUY similar
    Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Nandrin · since 2007
  • PRO PUBLICO similar
    Elsene · since 2024
  • Public Taxi similar
    On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Antwerpen · since 2025
  • PUBLIMO similar
    Advertising agencies · Mol · since 2001
  • Publik-G similar
    Bassenge · since 2016
  • Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · since 1991
  • Publike similar
    Abbreviation of Publike Radio · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2016
  • Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · since 2017
  • PUBLIIQ similar
    Name of an establishment · Public relations and communication consultancy · Oudergem · since 2022
  • PUBLI4U similar
    Name of an establishment · Other printing · Zwevegem · since 2003
  • PUBLIEK similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2006
  • PUBLIUS similar
    Activities of lawyers · Kortrijk · since 2007
  • publieq similar
    Abbreviation of publieq advocaten · Activities of lawyers · Kortrijk · since 2024
  • PUBLIBO similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Beernem · since 2026
  • PUBLI-COPY similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Pre-press and pre-media services · Elsene · since 2004
  • Publicolor similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Huy · since 1960
  • Publican similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1958
  • PUBLI C EN D similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Turnhout · since 1982

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