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.
“Pastos”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Brasschaat · since 2020
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Evere · since 2013
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Retail sale of footwear · since 2006
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Vermogensbeheer · Hoogstraten · since 2014
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Merchtem · since 2021
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Zele · since 2011
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Abbreviation of BICS-ASSIETTES-TOITS · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2013
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Site preparation · Mons · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2003
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Advertising agencies · Bierbeek · since 1998
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Handel in elektriciteit · Bocholt · since 2013
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Abbreviation of VZW Pastory · Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2015
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Aalst · since 2008
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Mobile food service activities · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Grobbendonk · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Grobbendonk · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Retie · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Retie · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Malle · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Malle · since 1968
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Schilde · since 1980
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Ukkel · since 1981
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Name of an establishment of RISTORANTE - PIZZERIA IL CANNICCIO · Full-service restaurants · Heusden-Zolder · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of ANTWERPSE PASTA MAATSCHAPPIJ · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Genk · since 2005
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Schilde · since 2011
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Socio-cultural adult education · since 2023
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2024
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Other business support services · Charleroi · since 2025
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Saint-Cloud Cedex · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of IRINIA · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Nandrin · since 2000
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Office administrative and support services · Stoumont · since 2000
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Schilde · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of PASTEC - Management, Installation and Technology · General electrical installation work · Enghien · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Schilde · since 2017
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1993
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1999
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Vermogensbeheer · Izegem · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of OCHKA · Hairdressing and barber services · Soumagne · since 2021
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of LILIETTA · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Chaudfontaine · since 2022
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Abbreviation of PASTEL DEVELOPMENT · Brussel · since 2023
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Literary creation · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Erpe-Mere · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Koksijde · since 2025