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Is your company name still free?

Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“AAFEST”

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.

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Same or very similar names

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • AAFEST same name
    Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2019
  • Afest very similar
    Name of an establishment of Afest Tentenverhuur · Verhuur en lease van tenten · Lo-Reninge · since 2022
  • AANEST very similar
    Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 2003
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Activities of holding companies · Houthulst · since 2001
  • FEST similar
    Abbreviation of Compagnie FEST · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 2013
  • FEST similar
    Abbreviation of The European Federation of the Sanitary and Heating Wholesale Trade · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 2016
  • Fest similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2022
  • FEST similar
    Abbreviation of FEDERATION FOR EUROPEAN STORYTELLING · Other membership organisations · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2012
  • AFES similar
    Vaduz · since 2005
  • Sole trader similar
    Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2026

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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