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.
“Parabas”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Antwerpen · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Theux · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of BARABAS BILZEN · Activities of holding companies · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2015
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Cafés and bars · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of SANSEVERIA · Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2019
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Materials recovery from waste · since 1995
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Brugge · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of BRUTALISTEN · Cafés and bars · Boechout · since 2007
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vermogensbeheer · Roeselare · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Paraclimbing Be · Other sports activities · Leuven · since 2022
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Pontirolo · since 1978
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Painting of buildings · Gent · since 1985
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Staden · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Theux · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of CAPUCE · Retail sale of footwear · IZEAUX · since 1995
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2010
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Boechout · since 1987
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Dendermonde · since 1987
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Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · Haacht · since 1990
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Overige vrachtbehandeling, exclusief in zeehavens · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Vervaardiging van keramische tegels en plavuizen · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Other business support services · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2022