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.
“AEDEX”
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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Wommelgem · since 1994
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION EUROPEENNE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT ET LA SANTE · Brussel · since 1984
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Antwerpen · since 1988
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Activities of building architects · Elsene · since 1991
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Abbreviation of AGENCE EUROPEENNE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT ET LA SANTE · Nutrition and dietetics services · Brussel · since 1993
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Insurance agents and brokers · Namur · since 1997
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Other social work without accommodation · La Louvière · since 2017
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Detailhandel in kledingstoffen · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1973
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Maasmechelen · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Musée éphémère de l'Exil · Elsene · since 2014
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Abbreviation of VEDEX Management · Business and other management consultancy · Blégny · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT EXPERTISE AND INVESTMENT · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Overijse · since 2020
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Kontich · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Brussel · since 2022
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Leuven · since 2022
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Name of an establishment · Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Lokeren · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of ADVOCAAT DE VULDER · Activities of lawyers · Dendermonde · since 2011
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Joinery installation · Harelbeke · since 2024
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Other information service activities · Oudergem · since 2025
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Other business support services · Roeselare · since 2026
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Freight transport by road · since 2016
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION EUROPEENNE DES ENSEIGNANTS · Elsene · since 2004
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Elsene · since 1998
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Abbreviation of AGENCE DE L'EQUIPEMENT DIRECT · Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Fleurus · since 1983
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Westerlo · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Soumagne · since 2014
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Wevelgem · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · since 1998
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General cleaning of buildings · Lochristi · since 2017
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Abbreviation of ESTRELLA DORADA · Brussel · since 2005
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Abbreviation of AUDIT & EXPERTISE · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Eghezée · since 2024
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Interior design · Brugge · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2025
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Activities of interior architects · since 2026
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Gent · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Algemene Ecologische Dakdichtingssystemen · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Gent · since 2003