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.
“AFFINA”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2023
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PARIS · since 2006
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Grâce-Hollogne · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2012
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Insurance agents and brokers · Middelkerke · since 1990
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2000
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Turnhout · since 1983
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Brussel · since 1989
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Brecht · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Heusden-Zolder · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · La Bruyère · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2008
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Day nurseries and crèches · Kuurne · since 2025
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Thuin · since 2026
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Insurance agents and brokers · Tielt · since 2013
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Paris · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Dentergem · since 2009
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Other retail sale of food · Tournai · since 2007
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Abbreviation of BUSINESS CARBOIS · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kraainem · since 2007
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Advertising agencies · Tournai · since 2009
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · since 2013
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Office administrative and support services · Leuven · since 2018
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Dental practice · Deinze · since 2011
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Other software publishing · Nivelles · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Rotselaar · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of AFFIMMO · Buying and selling of own real estate · Erezée · since 2010
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Advertising agencies · Leuven · since 2023
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Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Hasselt · since 2008
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Abbreviation of VENNOOTSCHAP VOOR ALGEMEEN FINANCIEEL ADVIES · Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1992