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.
“Pavam”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Winning van sier- en bouwsteen · Kontich · since 1988
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Waregem · since 1986
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Openbaar bestuur op het gebied van het bedrijfsleven; stimuleren van het bedrijfsleven · Gent · since 1982
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Ledegem · since 2012
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Vermogensbeheer · Izegem · since 1999
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2001
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Mixed farming · Menen · since 2009
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Brugge · since 2008
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Ukkel · since 1987
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Cafés and bars · La Louvière · since 1989
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lier · since 1991
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Name of an establishment · Buying and selling of own real estate · Veurne · since 2003
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Advertising agencies · Gembloux · since 2018
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Other specialised construction activities · Halle · since 2020
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Gent · since 2023
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Bouw van civiele schepen en drijvend materieel · since 1975
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Activities of lawyers · Gavere · since 2024
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Groepering van Private Afvalbewerkers van de Provincie Antwerpen · Malle · since 1981
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Dilbeek · since 1993
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2017
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Handel in elektriciteit · Destelbergen · since 1993
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Vermogensbeheer · Brasschaat · since 2000
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Drukken van dagbladen · since 2016
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Middelkerke · since 2018
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NEUNEN · since 2008
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Abbreviation of PUBLICITEITS- EN AUDIOREGIE VLAANDEREN · Advertising agencies · Bornem · since 1990
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Abbreviation of easiebee · Business and other management consultancy · Overijse · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Partage avec moi · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Gent · since 2018
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Abbreviation of PAM Tablada-Bélgica · Oudergem · since 2018
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Abbreviation of PLANETE DES ARTISTES MATONGE · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Partenaire Artistique Mobile · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Fernelmont · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of PIECES AUTO M'RABET · Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Anderlecht · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostrozebeke · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Palestijnse Alghalban Vereniging · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Brussel · since 1988
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Wholesale of other household goods · Mechelen · since 1992
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Bouw van bruggen en tunnels · Herbeumont · since 1995
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Comines-Warneton · since 1996
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Lier · since 2002
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Activities of interior architects · since 2016
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Lier · since 2017
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Equestrian clubs · Zandhoven · since 2011