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.
“AC-Light”
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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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Sint-Niklaas · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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Other business support services · Dilbeek · since 2008
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2022
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Charleroi · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2017
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General electrical installation work · Kuurne · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Association Chrétienne Travailleurs italiens autonomes privé · Cafés and bars · Grâce-Hollogne · since 1958
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Abbreviation of Associazoni Christiani Lavoratori Italiani · Maasmechelen · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Associazioni Cristiane Lavoratori Italiani · Genk · since 1988
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Cafés and bars · since 2019
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Abbreviation of CIRCOLO ACLI ANDERLUES · Algemeen welzijnswerk zonder huisvesting · Anderlues · since 2010
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1983
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1990
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General electrical installation work · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Affligem · since 2005
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Dinant · since 2001
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2023
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Kortrijk · since 1997