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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“ACALIN”

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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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.

  • ACALIN same name
    Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Ans · since 1993
  • OCALIN very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mons · since 2016
  • AVALIN very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Wevelgem · since 2020
  • ACOLIN very similar
    Retail sale of household furniture · Heers · since 2009
  • ALaLin very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Ranst · since 2025
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • ALIN similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Roeselare · since 1988
  • AL-IN similar
    General electrical installation work · Lo-Reninge · since 2006
  • ACALIEGE similar
    Liège · since 2005
  • ACALY similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2018
  • ACALA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Oudergem · since 2019
  • ACALA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2019
  • Proefboren en boren · since 2023
  • Other specialised construction activities · since 2009
  • since 2023
  • ACAL-BE similar
    Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Hoogstraten · since 2011
  • since 2017
  • Site preparation · since 2021
  • Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2005
  • ALIn similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of Agence Locale d'Insertion · Employment placement agencies · Nivelles · since 2010
  • ACALOR similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Kapellen · since 2019
  • Safta, Cǎlin (sole trader) similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    General construction of residential buildings · since 2021

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