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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Profectus IT”

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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Profectus IT same name
    Computer programming · Seneffe · since 2016
  • PROFECTUS very similar
    Development of residential building projects · Lokeren · since 2016
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • PROFECT similar
    Name of an establishment of MAX2INVEST · Vervaardiging van andere elektrische apparatuur · Schilde · since 1994
  • PRO-FECT similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Niel · since 2022
  • PROFECT similar
    Computer programming · Putte · since 2011
  • PROFECTO similar
    Activities of building architects · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2025
  • Profectis similar
    Other business support services · Gent · since 2013
  • Profecon similar
    Name of an establishment of RUTAN · Other business support services · Mechelen · since 2015
  • Prof similar
    Retail sale of other household articles · Antwerpen · since 2013
  • PRoF similar
    Abbreviation of PRoF-Consortium · Other business support services · Poperinge · since 2024

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