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.
“Portevia”
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.
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Business and other management consultancy · Comines-Warneton · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · Oostkamp · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2015
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Event catering · since 2024
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1988
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Tremelo · since 2019
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Event catering · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Wommelgem · since 2021
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 1980
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Activities of holding companies · Lokeren · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · Hamont-Achel · since 2019
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Lasne · since 2020
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of FV Portee · Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Waregem · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Elsene · since 2019
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Other education · since 2021
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Lummen · since 1981
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Deinze · since 1991
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Etterbeek · since 2014
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2020
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Charleroi · since 2025
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Other construction installation · Lendelede · since 2026
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Literary creation · since 2017
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Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Mechelen · since 2011