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.
“Panaca”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vermogensbeheer · Anderlecht · since 2012
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Schoten · since 2020
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Other information technology and computer services · Aiseau-Presles · since 2004
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Other business support services · Brugge · since 2008
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Pittem · since 1978
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Brussel · since 1996
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Lokeren · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Anzegem · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · La Hulpe · since 2010
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Manufacture of jewellery · Esneux · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Beerse · since 2025
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Oudenaarde · since 1986
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Gent · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of PANACHE EUROPE · Exploitatie van recreatiedomeinen · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of STOFWIL · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Turnhout · since 2001
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Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2001
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Knokke-Heist · since 2014
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2014
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Advertising agencies · since 1992
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Vermogensbeheer · Waregem · since 2018
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Brugge · since 2015
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1994
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Diest · since 2009
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2009
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Zottegem · since 2004
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2005
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Koksijde · since 2005
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Zedelgem · since 2007
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Activities of head offices · Roeselare · since 2024
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General medical practice · Braives · since 2024
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Psychology services · Oudergem · since 2024
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Rochefort · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Schilde · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lede · since 2007
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General medical practice · Vorst · since 2024
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Abbreviation of PANAFRICA PUBLISHING HOUSE · Brussel · since 1990
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Computer programming · Vorst · since 2002
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Advertising agencies · Gembloux · since 2018
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Wemmel · since 2023
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Joinery installation · Geraardsbergen · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of PIELSA BENELUX · Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Oostende · since 1994
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Activities of holding companies · De Haan · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of PARISMA · Full-service restaurants · De Haan · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Bree · since 2020
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Real estate agency activities · Ganshoren · since 2008
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Lokeren · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Platform van Afrikaanse Gemeenschappen · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Other specialised construction activities · Juprelle · since 2021