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Name check

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.

“AEBELE”

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

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • AEBELE same name
    Retail sale of household furniture · Antwerpen · since 2014
  • AEBLE very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Diest · since 2015
  • ALBELE very similar
    Name of an establishment of ALGEMEEN BEHEER LEGROS · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hasselt · since 1989
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • AEBE similar
    Abbreviation of ENDURANDO.BE · Other sports activities · Jalhay · since 2013
  • A.E.B.E. similar
    Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DES ECOLES A PROGRAMME BELGE A L'ETRANGER · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2005
  • A.E. Belgium similar
    Abbreviation of LA SARTOISE ET MOULIN · Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · Gembloux · since 1981
  • A.E Belgium similar
    Other specialised construction activities · Schaarbeek · since 2011
  • A.E. BELGIUM similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Zaventem · since 2024
  • Bele similar
    Nursing and midwifery · Eeklo · since 2024
  • since 2010

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