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.
“AERTEL”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Lennik · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of MANAGEMENTWERK · Business and other management consultancy · Maasmechelen · since 2010
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Development of non-residential building projects · Oostkamp · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of ERTEL - C.B.S. · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Huldenberg · since 1988
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General electrical installation work · Bonheiden · since 2017
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Gelsenkirchen · since 1982
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Elsene · since 1974
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Etterbeek · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · Evergem · since 2005
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2017
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Zottegem · since 1967
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Heusden-Zolder · since 1987
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Site preparation · Herk-de-Stad · since 1993
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Lommel · since 1993
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Visé · since 1994
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1997
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kasterlee · since 1998
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Joinery installation · Ninove · since 2013
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2016
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Market research and public opinion polling · Peer · since 2018
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Mixed farming · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Assessment, (E)vidence-based Research & Treatment of Speech disorders · Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · Diest · since 2025
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since 2015
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Mixed farming · since 2015
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2026
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since 2010
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kalmthout · since 2024
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Psychology services · Gent · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Hotel in Groene Omgeving · Hotels and similar accommodation · Torhout · since 2019
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Painting of buildings · Dendermonde · since 2014