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.
“Pipelines”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Antwerpen · since 1995
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2008
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Abbreviation of PETROCHEMICAL PIPELINE SERVICES BV · Vervoer via pijpleidingen · DN Elsloo · since 1973
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Name of an establishment of WBT · Land surveying · Zemst · since 2005
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Antwerpen · since 1966
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervoer via pijpleidingen · Antwerpen · since 1978
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Grimbergen · since 2000
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Mechelen · since 2026
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Activities of lawyers · Schilde · since 1999
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Other business support services · Nijlen · since 2009
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Activities of building architects · Manage · since 2012
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Machining of metals · Aarschot · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of HEADSHOOT · Photography, excluding press photography · Herk-de-Stad · since 2023
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Terherne · since 1999
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Namur · since 1976
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Computer programming · Clavier · since 2018