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Is your company name already in the register?

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Permentier, 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

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    since 1993
  • Sole trader very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
  • PERMENTIER very similar
    Raising of horses and other equines · Aalst · since 2008
  • PERMENTIER very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Plastering work · Aalst · since 2006
Names that resemble it 48 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Manufacture of outerwear · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    Activiteiten op het gebied van psychotherapie · since 2013
  • Sole trader similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2001
  • Sole trader similar
    Office administrative and support services · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Advertising agencies · since 1995
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1981
  • Sole trader similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Specialist medical practice · since 2008
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1998
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2011
  • Sole trader similar
    Web portal activities · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2008
  • Sole trader similar
    Tattoo and piercing services · since 2000
  • Sole trader similar
    General electrical installation work · since 1995
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2009
  • Sole trader similar
    Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Activities of lawyers · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Psychology services · since 2008
  • Sole trader similar
    Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2011
  • Sole trader similar
    Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1984
  • Sole trader similar
    Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2007
  • Aalst · since 1986
  • Sole trader similar
    Painting of buildings · since 2014
  • Sole trader similar
    Other specialised construction activities · since 2001
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1998
  • Sole trader similar
    Other personal services · since 2010
  • Sole trader similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2011
  • Sole trader similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Compositie van muziek · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    General construction of residential buildings · since 1992
  • Sole trader similar
    Risk and damage evaluation · since 1989
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1986
  • Sole trader similar
    Other personal services · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2010
  • Sole trader similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2021
  • Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2003
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 1991
  • Sole trader similar
    Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2025
  • Sole trader similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Landscape service activities · since 2019

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