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.
“AFILCO”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Joinery installation · Oud-Turnhout · since 1985
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Oud-Turnhout · since 1999
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Tielt · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Animation, Formation, Information, Cöordination · Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Namur · since 1999
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Retail sale of household furniture · Brussel · since 2000
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Other business support services · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Aankoop-en financieringscompagnie de Landtsheer · Real estate agency activities · Buggenhout · since 1956
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Abbreviation of L'Aide Fiscale et Comptable · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Charleroi · since 1970
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Abbreviation of AFIXCO GROUP · Real estate agency activities · Gesves · since 2013
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Other specialised construction activities · La Louvière · since 2017
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Real estate agency activities · Malle · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van filtreertoestellen · Roeselare · since 2007
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Oudenaarde · since 1987
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Wholesale of timber · Gent · since 2006
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other education · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of BROUWERIJ STOKERIJ DE GROENE LEEUW · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Halle · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of HELMET SERVICES · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Schaarbeek · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of WILLEBROEK TRAVEL · Travel agency activities · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1991
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Knokke-Heist · since 1999
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Computer programming · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2000
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Hasselt · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Lochristi · since 2013