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.
“Panache”
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
32 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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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Schoten · since 2013
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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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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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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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Name of an establishment of Brandspot · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2008
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Activities of head offices · Roeselare · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2005
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Grimbergen · since 2019
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Fitness centres · Gent · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Etterbeek · since 1986
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2018
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Leuven · since 2005
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Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · since 1991
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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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Liège · since 1989
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Freight transport by road · since 2019
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Ukkel · since 2005
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Advertising agencies · Pont-à-Celles · since 2024
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Hotels and similar accommodation · La Roche-en-Ardenne · since 1995
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lede · since 2007
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Vermogensbeheer · Anderlecht · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · since 1992
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Etterbeek · since 2003
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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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Nutrition and dietetics services · Zedelgem · since 2007
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Schilde · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Oudenaarde · since 1986
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Brugge · since 2015
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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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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Activities of holding companies · Zonhoven · since 2016
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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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Other specialised construction activities · Juprelle · since 2021