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.
“Pretimo”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Oostende · since 1968
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Staden · since 1993
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Other software publishing · since 2010
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Insurance agents and brokers · Namur · since 1987
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Schaarbeek · since 1979
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Liège · since 1968
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Financiële lease · since 1977
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Seneffe · since 2026
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Abbreviation of PROMOTION ET RENOVATION DE L'ENSEIGNEMENT TECHNIQUE · Bastogne · since 1986
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Bastogne · since 1987
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Olen · since 1987
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Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of BATIM · Real estate agency activities · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 1994
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Vervaardiging van platen, vellen, buizen en profielen van kunststof
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Business and other management consultancy · PARIS · since 2013
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Retail sale of other sporting goods
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2017
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1987
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since 1992
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Name of an establishment of PR1MO · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of BRABO · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brugge · since 2010
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2005
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2007
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of KYA-SPORT · Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · As · since 2006