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.
“ADELPHIA”
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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Jette · since 2013
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Koekelberg · since 1974
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Grimbergen · since 1989
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2012
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other personal services · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Houffalize · since 2014
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Menen · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Rains Belgium · Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · Brussel · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2023
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Computer programming · Fleurus · since 2025
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Brasschaat · since 1973
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Wholesale of other household goods · Knokke-Heist · since 1978
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Abbreviation of Association des économistes de Louvain · Other membership organisations · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1980
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Abbreviation of AD MAIUS EUROPAE LUMEN · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Association des Entreprises Leuzoises · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2017
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 2010
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Abbreviation of ADEL UNE VIE EN PERIL · Jette · since 2011
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van koffers, tassen, zadel- en tuigmakerswerk van ongeacht welk materiaal · since 1973
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Other financial services · since 1999