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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.

“AFEA”

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • AFEA same name
    Vermogensbeheer · Herstal · since 2014
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • AF-EAE similar
    Abbreviation of Aire de Femmes - Expertise Afrique Europe · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2014
  • AFE similar
    Abbreviation of L'Aide Fraternelle aux Eglises · Anderlecht · since 1947
  • AFE similar
    Abbreviation of ACCOUNTING AND FISCALITY EDP · Waremme · since 1986
  • A.F.E. similar
    Abbreviation of Aid for Everyone · Antwerpen · since 1993
  • Azafea similar
    Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2013
  • A.F.E similar
    Abbreviation of A Full Event Asbl · Boussu · since 2022
  • AFE similar
    Abbreviation of Académie Football Evolution · since 2024
  • A.F.E.O. similar
    Abbreviation of Aide flémalloise aux Ecoles officielles · Flémalle · since 1983
  • A.F.E.C. similar
    Abbreviation of ASIA AND FAR EAST CONSULTANT · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Vorst · since 1995
  • AFET similar
    Other specialised construction activities · Opwijk · since 2013
  • AFEC similar
    Abbreviation of AFRO EVOLUTION CONCEPT · Hairdressing and barber services · Elsene · since 2017
  • AFER similar
    Abbreviation of AFKERR · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2021
  • Afev similar
    Abbreviation of Association de la Fondation Etudiante pour la Ville · Other social work without accommodation · PARIS · since 2022
  • AFES similar
    Vaduz · since 2005
  • Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2024
  • AFEW similar
    DUSSELDORF · since 2025
  • Other education · since 2025
  • Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2025
  • A.F.E. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION POUR LE FOLKLORE ESTUDIANTIN · Schaarbeek · since 2004

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