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.
“AFECO”
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
35 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other information service activities · Gent · since 2023
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DE FABRICANTS EUROPEENS DAPPAREILS DE CONTROLE ET DE REGULATION · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Vilvoorde · since 1966
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Abbreviation of L'ASSOCIATION DES FEMMES CONGOLAISES DE BELGIQUE · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of ROMANA21 · Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Onhaye · since 2018
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Joinery installation · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2019
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Wemmel · since 2022
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Groothandel in spijsoliën en -vetten · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Other building finishing work · SNEEK · since 2024
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Joinery installation · Wanze · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Zedelgem · since 2026
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2026
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Abbreviation of APPLIED MECHANICS CONSULTANTS · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Overijse · since 1979
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Boortmeerbeek · since 1987
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Anderlecht · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Kuurne · since 1995
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Ichtegem · since 1995
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Abbreviation of ESCO FINANCIAL AND ENGINEERING COMPANY · Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Association des Parents de l'Ecole communale d'OEudeghien · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 1995
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Hulshout · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Animation, Formation, Information, Cöordination · Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Namur · since 1999
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Roeselare · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Sint-Truiden · since 2022
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Châtelet · since 2022
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Insurance agents and brokers · Kasterlee · since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · Pepingen · since 2009
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Saint-Hubert · since 2010
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Abbreviation of ABECO, advies bouw, expertise en coördinatie · Activities of building architects · Deinze · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Air Liquide Europe Centrale et Orientale · Paris · since 1989
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2008
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Other construction installation · Willebroek · since 2023
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2024
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DE FOYERS COOPERATIFS · Elsene · since 1987
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of ASIA AND FAR EAST CONSULTANT · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Vorst · since 1995
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Abbreviation of AFRO EVOLUTION CONCEPT · Hairdressing and barber services · Elsene · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Association francophone d'Echanges culturels pour Aveugles et les Malvoyants de Belgique · Ukkel · since 1989
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Abbreviation of L'Aide Fraternelle aux Eglises · Anderlecht · since 1947
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Abbreviation of ACCOUNTING AND FISCALITY EDP · Waremme · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Aid for Everyone · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Abbreviation of A Full Event Asbl · Boussu · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Académie Football Evolution · since 2024
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION UNIVERSITE - INDUSTRIE POUR LA FORMATION EN EUROPE EN COSMETOLOGIE · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Fédération des ONG en Matière d'Envoi de Coopérants ONG · since 1991
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Abbreviation of FREE EAGLE COMPANY · Computer programming · Geel · since 2002
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION POUR LE FOLKLORE ESTUDIANTIN · Schaarbeek · since 2004