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.
“AFERA”
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.
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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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · DEN HAAG · since 2000
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Other construction installation · Grâce-Hollogne · since 1985
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Verviers · since 2013
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schaarbeek · since 2018
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2002
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Specialist medical practice · Ieper · since 2023
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Joinery installation · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 2011
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Retail sale of household furniture · Blankenberge · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Duffel · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Herzele · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Association de Soutien et d'Entraide aux Ressortissants Africains · Liège · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Geel · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Association des Fabricants européens de Pièces automobiles · Brussel · since 1976
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of AFKERR · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2021
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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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Office administrative and support services · Mechelen · since 2023
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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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General construction of residential buildings · La Bruyère · since 2020
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PARIS · since 1995
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Oudenburg · since 1988
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since 2006
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION POUR LE FOLKLORE ESTUDIANTIN · Schaarbeek · since 2004