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.
“Prik”
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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Gent · since 1983
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2020
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Oud-Turnhout · since 2025
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Lommel · since 1984
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of PRISCILLA KINESITHERAPIE · Office administrative and support services · Gent · since 2022
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Hasselt · since 1998
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Perwez · since 2001
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Abbreviation of PICTON RESEARCH & INNOVATION · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Etterbeek · since 2015
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Abbreviation of PAUWELS REAL ESTATE & INVESTMENTS · Real estate agency activities · Temse · since 2022
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2023
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2010
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Abbreviation of PRINTING INNOVATION CONSULTANTS · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Knokke-Heist · since 1989
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Liège · since 2002
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Abbreviation of PRO-RAIL-INFRA-TECH · Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Halle · since 2021
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Abbreviation of PROVO INTERIEUR AFWERKING · Joinery installation · Wuustwezel · since 2010
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Schoten · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Lommel · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van andere niet-gedistilleerde gegiste dranken · since 2025
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2023
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since 1990