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.
“Pardes”
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
28 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Menen · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Elsene · since 1994
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Pardoes, dienst voor onthaalouders · Day nurseries and crèches · Mechelen · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of PELCKMANS UITGEVERS · Book publishing · Kalmthout · since 1991
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Beernem · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of DISTRI-BIB · Groothandel in kranten, boeken en tijdschriften · Kalmthout · since 2002
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Visual arts creation · since 2017
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Inzameling van gevaarlijk afval · since 2001
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Support activities for animal production · since 1996
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Joinery installation · since 2021
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since 2010
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Detailhandel in boeken · Mechelen · since 2004
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Name of REINES · Sound recording · Gent · since 2024
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Activities of lawyers · since 2014
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · Oudergem · since 1982
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Detailhandel in babyartikelen (algemeen assortiment) · Koksijde · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Harelbeke · since 1993
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Other business support services · Gembloux · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Lokeren · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2018
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Joinery installation · Verviers · since 2019
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Construction of roads and motorways · Wetteren · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Heusden-Zolder · since 2025
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Abbreviation of CENTRE DE CARDIOLOGIE DU WOLVENDAEL · Ukkel · since 1990
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1991
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Schaarbeek · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of VINTAGE CONSULT · Retail sale of footwear · Oostrozebeke · since 2003
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Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · Jurbise · since 2015
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Office administrative and support services · since 2026
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Other retail sale of new goods · Moorslede · since 1992
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Activities of lawyers · Brugge · since 2013
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Ieper · since 2019
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Antwerpen · since 1983
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Kampenhout · since 1983
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Gent · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of FILANDA · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Mixed farming · Boutersem · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of NOFUTURLUTUTU · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2021