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.
“Panapo”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Lokeren · since 2024
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Abbreviation of PANAFRICA PUBLISHING HOUSE · Brussel · since 1990
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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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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Bree · since 2020
Names that resemble it 19 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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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Putte · since 1990
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Brugge · since 2015
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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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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Pittem · since 1978
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Lokeren · since 1997
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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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Vermogensbeheer · Anderlecht · since 2012
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Real estate agency activities · Ganshoren · since 2008
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Manufacture of jewellery · Esneux · since 2012
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2005
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2024
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Other specialised construction activities · Juprelle · since 2021