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.
“Papaver”
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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Turnhout · since 1982
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Hoeilaart · since 2023
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Other membership organisations · Herzele · since 2004
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Floor and wall tiling · Hoogstraten · since 2022
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Charleroi · since 2023
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Tienen · since 2018
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Landscape service activities · since 2019
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Etterbeek · since 2025
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Stekene · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Aalter · since 2012
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · since 1985
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1993
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Activities of head offices · Staden · since 2020
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Aarschot · since 2006
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Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lievegem · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Berlare · since 1992
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Lochristi · since 1993
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Wanze · since 2010
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Cafés and bars · Blankenberge · since 2016
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Painting of buildings · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Turnhout · since 2021
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2004
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Other retail sale of new goods · Moorslede · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of PAPAYA · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2000
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lochristi · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Etterbeek · since 2004
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Joinery installation · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2024
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Office administrative and support services · since 2024
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2026