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.
“AFORA”
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
34 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Verviers · since 2013
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Association de formation et services · Mons · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of CHEERS · Full-service restaurants · since 1991
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · Gent · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Zwevegem · since 2009
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Retail sale of antiques · Linter · since 2004
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Andere ambulante revalidatieactiviteiten · Blankenberge · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of AGORA-VDH · Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Kontich · since 1968
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Vervaardiging van sportartikelen · Theux · since 1961
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Name of an establishment of FLORIS · Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Kontich · since 1978
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since 1981
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Abbreviation of AGORA, DAS THEATER DER DEUTSCHSPRACHIGEN GEMEINSCHAFT BELGIENS VoG · Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Sankt Vith · since 1983
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Kortrijk · since 1985
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Brussel · since 1989
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Advertising agencies · Ieper · since 1990
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Activities of building architects · Vorst · since 1992
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Nivelles · since 1993
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Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1998
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2013
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Activiteiten van dagcentra voor minderjarigen met een mentale handicap, met inbegrip van ambulante hulpverlening · Ravels · since 2013
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Bornem · since 2008
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2005
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Sint-Niklaas · since 2023
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Site preparation · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2024
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Aartselaar · since 2025
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ukkel · since 2025
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Abbreviation of IFORA vzw · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Activities of lawyers · Roeselare · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of De Markt Vlezenbeek · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Dilbeek · since 2006
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Machining of metals · Lichtervelde · since 2007
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Leuven · since 1967
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Académie de Formation et de Recherches en Etudes Islamiques · Brussel · since 2019
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Other construction installation · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2014
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Lochristi · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Administratieve en Financiële Optimalisatie · Business and other management consultancy · Lommel · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Association Francophone des Orthopédagogues cliniciens · Mons · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Groepspraktijk Diafora · Lennik · since 2023
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Abbreviation of AIDES SERVICES FORMATIONS ACCOMPAGNEMENTS · Namur · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Forum van Afrikaanse Associaties · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 1999
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Other financial services · Ukkel · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Anderlecht · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Antwerpse Filmonderneming · Antwerpen · since 1967
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Anderlecht · since 1985