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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.

“Protocept”

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

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Protocept same name
    Other information technology and computer services · Temse · since 2022
  • PRO-C-EPT NV very similar
    Name of an establishment of GIGA BUILDING · Vervaardiging van andere pompen en compressoren · Knokke-Heist · since 1994
  • PROCEPT very similar
    Vervaardiging van andere machines voor specifieke doeleinden n.e.g. · Zele · since 2012
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Proto-Care similar
    Pre-press and pre-media services · Balen · since 2019
  • PRO TOM similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Opwijk · since 2021
  • Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2022
  • PROTOR similar
    Activities of head offices · Hooglede · since 2008
  • PRO CONCEPT similar
    Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1998
  • PRO K'ONCEPT similar
    Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Asse · since 2012
  • General electrical installation work · since 2006

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