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.
“Prados”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2007
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Destelbergen · since 1987
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · Mouscron · since 2012
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Cafés and bars · since 1996
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General construction of residential buildings · Wingene · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Tielt · since 1990
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Meise · since 2016
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Goederenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · Gent · since 2017
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Stuttgart · since 2003
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Other business support services · since 2014
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Liège · since 1980
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1990
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2024
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Abbreviation of PRESTIGIOUS ADVERTISING CONSULTANTS · Other financial services · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1989
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Nandrin · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of PARDEL · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1994
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2021
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van consumentenelektronica · Nivelles · since 2000