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.
“ABELLIO”
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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Groothandel in granen en zaden · Malmedy · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Association Belge de promotion du Logiciel Libre · Brussel · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Association of Belgian Education & Language Immersion Operators · Brussel · since 2017
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Denderleeuw · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Tournai · since 2007
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van hoeden en petten · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2011
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Name of EUROPADE · Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2003
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
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Cafés and bars · Etterbeek · since 2012
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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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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Oupeye · since 2025
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Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1997
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Oud-Turnhout · since 2001
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Abbreviation of ACADEMY OF BELGIAN AND EUROPEAN LAW A.S.B.L. · Brussel · since 2007