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.
“AB OIL”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Destelbergen · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Auteurices de la Bande Dessinée et de l'Illustration · Activities of professional membership organisations · Elsene · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of AF TRANSLATIONS · Translation services · Gent · since 2012
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · As · since 2024
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Ans · since 1991
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Algemeen Beheer Onroerende Goederen · Antwerpen · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of ABO, ALL BUSINESS OFFICE · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Anderlecht · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1989
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Abbreviation of STEENBERG · Mixed farming · Bekkevoort · since 1990
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Antwerpen · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Advies, Bemiddeling en Opleiding · Business and other management consultancy · Wijnegem · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Beersel · since 1994
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gent · since 1995
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Abbreviation of AsBuilt Office · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Bonheiden · since 2022
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Bonheiden · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Algemene Bouwondernemingen · Grimbergen · since 1968
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Abbreviation of ALGEMEEN BELGISCH ONTRATTINGSBEDRIJF · Sint-Niklaas · since 1986