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.
“Panata”
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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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Pittem · since 1978
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2008
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Gent · since 2024
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Activities of building architects · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Office administrative and support services · Hasselt · since 2026
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Grimbergen · since 1968
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Lokeren · since 1997
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2015
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Lanaken · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Anderlecht · since 2012
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Other business support services · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2009
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Manufacture of jewellery · Esneux · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2005
Names that resemble it 24 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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since 1994
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1997
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Brugge · since 2015
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Diest · since 2026
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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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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Buggenhout · since 2007
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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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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Herent · since 2018
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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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Name of an establishment of MOBIFRI · Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · 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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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Lokeren · since 2024
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Other specialised construction activities · Juprelle · since 2021