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.
“PatelMa”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Beringen · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Elsene · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of HHBR · Other retail sale of new goods · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2012
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2004
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Jabbeke · since 1988
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Gent · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Leuven · since 2011
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Wholesale of other food products · Schaarbeek · since 2021
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · since 2018
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Oudergem · since 1995
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General electrical installation work · Nivelles · since 2025
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since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Haacht · since 2014
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2015
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of MiNi · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Huldenberg · since 2021
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2025
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Detailhandel in tapijten en andere vloerbedekking en wandbekleding · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1975
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Activities of holding companies · Aalst · since 2015
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Liège · since 2018
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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Roofing work · since 1975
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Full-service restaurants · since 1982
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Schaarbeek · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Dinant · since 2025
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Brussel · since 1968
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Hotton · since 1985