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.
“Patacon”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Dendermonde · since 1994
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Geraardsbergen · since 1997
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Lier · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van huishoudelijke en sanitaire papierwaren · Lebbeke · since 2012
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Heusden-Zolder · since 2007
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Brugge · since 1988
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since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
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Other business support services · Lokeren · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1996
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Activities of holding companies · Evere · since 2006
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Juprelle · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2026
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Retail sale of household furniture · Antwerpen · since 1986
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Ittre · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Deinze · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of AGCon · Support activities for animal production · Maarkedal · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2024
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Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse · since 2026
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Event catering · since 2026