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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Penta, Pascal”

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.

  • Other education · since 2021
  • Mixed farming · since 1971
  • PASCAL very similar
    Name of an establishment of Maaltijden Pascal · Event catering · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2002
  • Joinery installation · since 1999
  • Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2004
  • PENTA very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Keerbergen · since 1994
  • PENTA very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1994
  • PENTA very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Lievegem · since 2021
  • PENTA very similar
    Name of an establishment of THE CHANGEMAKERY · Other business support services · Rixensart · since 2011
  • PASCAL very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Aalst · since 1992
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

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