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.
“Penso”
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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Sociale Dienst voor de Gepensioneerde Werknemers van de Post · Brussel · since 1948
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Abbreviation of PENTECOST STUDENTS AND ASSOCIATES · Vilvoorde · since 2012
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Roeselare · since 2004
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Translation services · since 2016
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since 2026
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Anderlecht · since 1968
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Gavere · since 1990
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Aalst · since 1992
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Abbreviation of PERSONAL INSIGHT ASSOCIATES · Employment placement agencies · Ukkel · since 2014
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Etterbeek · since 2014
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Duffel · since 2016
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Gent · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1993
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Other education · Geel · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Benso Asbl · Schaarbeek · since 2022
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Fitness centres · Namur · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · Schilde · since 2006
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Computer programming · Aarschot · since 2006
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Mobile food service activities · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2013
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Computer programming · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2025
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Mortsel · since 1992
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Activities of holding companies · Lochristi · since 2011
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Activiteiten van pensioenfondsen · Brussel · since 2007
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Other business support services · Leuven · since 2025
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since 1989
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Brugge · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Enjeux Solidaires · Anderlecht · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Enso Private-Dining · Other business support services · Destelbergen · since 2021
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Beerse · since 2009
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Antwerpen · since 2011
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since 2008
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Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · since 2015