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.
“ABEL”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Association belge des Eleveurs de Chevaux lusitaniens · Ciney · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Antwerpse Beleggingen en Leningen · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Gent · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Architecture et Bureau d'Etudes LAURENT · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Soignies · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of LEYA · Activities of interior architects · Pecq · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of ABELGEL ASSOCIAZIONE BELGA PER LA GELATINA · Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · Dilbeek · since 2001
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Visual arts creation · since 2026
Names that resemble it 56 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Oud-Turnhout · since 2001
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Wevelgem · since 2022
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Abbreviation of ACADEMY OF BELGIAN AND EUROPEAN LAW A.S.B.L. · Brussel · since 2007
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Materials recovery from waste · Evergem · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of ABELAG HANDLING · Personenvervoer door de lucht · Zaventem · since 1964
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Abbreviation of ATELIERS RADIOMECANIQUES BELGES · Vervaardiging van consumentenelektronica · Dilbeek · since 1959
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Vorst · since 1978
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Abbreviation of NEPTUMAR · Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 1985
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General electrical installation work · Nassogne · since 1986
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Pelt · since 1987
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Vorst · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of INVULNERABLE · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Colfontaine · since 1989
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Seneffe · since 1991
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Development of non-residential building projects · Kontich · since 1991
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Anderlecht · since 1992
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DES RESIDENTS ARGENTINS EN BELGIQUE ET AU GRAND DUCHE DU LUXEMBOURG · Etterbeek · since 1999
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Abbreviation of ARA-BEL MISSION · Halle · since 2002
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Abbreviation of APERS BRAM ELECTRICITEITSWERKEN · General electrical installation work · Lier · since 2002
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Name of EUROPADE · Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Association Belge de promotion du Logiciel Libre · Brussel · since 2013
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Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · since 2015
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1990
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General electrical installation work · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Brussels Agentschap voor Ondernemerschap · Overheden van gemeenschappen en gewesten · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Association of Belgian Education & Language Immersion Operators · Brussel · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · Dinant · since 2018
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General electrical installation work · since 1991
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General electrical installation work · since 2019
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Logging · Floreffe · since 2019
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Denderleeuw · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Advanced Belgian Engineering · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Ben’s Media · Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Schaarbeek · since 2023
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Abbreviation of ALLERGIENET · Verenigingen op het vlak van ziektepreventie en gezondheidsbevordering · Lebbeke · since 2008
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Abbreviation of ACADEMIE BELGE POUR L'ETUDE DES LANGUES ANCIENNES ET ORIENTALES · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of ART DU BATIMENT & DE L ENERGIE SA · General electrical installation work · Fleurus · since 2011
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Waasmunster · since 2011
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General electrical installation work · since 2012
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Cafés and bars · Etterbeek · since 2012
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2004
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General electrical installation work · Manage · since 2007
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Specialist medical practice · Hasselt · since 2024
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Other education · Tournai · since 2024
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Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Anorexie Boulimie Ensemble · Liège · since 2025
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Abbreviation of AB Elektriciteitswerken · General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Groothandel in granen en zaden · Malmedy · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van filtreertoestellen · Dentergem · since 2010
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Groothandel in huismeubilair · Eupen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Association Belge de Confectionneurs · Antwerpen · since 1945
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Abbreviation of Art et Accueil en Belgique · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1970
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Abbreviation of Association d'Expansion Economique Belgo-Arabe · since 1974
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Laarne · since 1976
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Abbreviation of ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS ADVISORS Belgique · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Schaarbeek · since 1993