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.
“AFN”
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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Sint-Niklaas · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Antwerp Fencing Nation · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Antwerpen · since 2018
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of ACTIVE FOOD AND NONE FOOD COMPANY · Groothandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2002
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General construction of residential buildings · Grobbendonk · since 2002
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Abbreviation of ACADEMIE FRANCOPHONEDENAVIGATION DE PLAISANCE · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2018
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1977
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Industriële vervaardiging van brood en van vers banketbakkerswerk · Brussel · since 2017
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1990
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Abbreviation of ACADEMIE FISCALE · Other education · Nivelles · since 2000
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Abbreviation of AGERE FACILE · Plastering work · Aalter · since 2003
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Abbreviation of ANALOG FOCUS · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Oudergem · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Afligemerse Beestenboel · Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Buggenhout · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Aalbeke Feest · Other amusement and recreation activities · Kortrijk · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Armez et Fervestis · Hamois · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Bocholt · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Dr. Roelants Merel Huisarts · Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Gent · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Neufchâteau · since 2009
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Plumbing work · since 2024
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Abbreviation of astrohealth foundation · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Académie future by Houda · Jette · since 2025