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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Paperasses”

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.

  • Paperasses same name
    Office administrative and support services · Anderlecht · since 2021
  • Paperassen very similar
    Deinze · since 2026
  • PAPERASSI very similar
    Office administrative and support services · Izegem · since 1998
  • Les Paperasses very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Ternat · since 2022
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • PaperAs similar
    Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Gerpinnes · since 1986
  • Paperas similar
    Office administrative and support services · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2011
  • Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1989
  • PAPERAS similar
    Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Brugge · since 2005
  • LA PAPERASSE similar
    Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Châtelet · since 2023
  • PAPPERAS similar
    Office administrative and support services · Koksijde · since 2021
  • Paper Art bv similar
    Halsteren · since 2006
  • Office administrative and support services · since 2024
  • Office administrative and support services · since 2017
  • P.A.P.E. similar
    Abbreviation of PATRIMOINE ARTISTIQUE,PEDAGOGIQUE,EDUCATIF · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1978
  • PAPE similar
    Abbreviation of PARRAINAGE PERSONNALISE · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2019
  • PAPE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Liège · since 1984

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