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.
“AFGAS”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Zonhoven · since 2012
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GIVET · since 2005
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DES MEDECINS GENERALISTES DE L'ARDENNE STAVELOTAINE · Stoumont · since 2001
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Brecht · since 1987
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Abbreviation of ALFA FASHION GRAFICS · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1989
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION FRANCOPHONE BELGE DE GOLF · Activiteiten van sportbonden en -federaties · Wavre · since 2001
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Activities of business and employers' organisations · Paris · since 2015
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · La Bruyère · since 2015
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Kraainem · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Alle Fietsen Gerits · Retail sale of bicycles · Nijlen · since 2018
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Abbreviation of ATLANTA FAMILY GAME · Operation of fairground attractions · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2008
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Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · since 1974
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Abbreviation of Aernouts Family Group · Vervaardiging van zuivelproducten · Brecht · since 2024