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.
“AFORIS”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Association de formation et services · Mons · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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Ardooie · since 2005
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Waterloo · since 2023
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten op het gebied van persoonlijke dienstverlening · Leuven · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Eghezée · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · Lummen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 14 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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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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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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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1987
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Activities of holding companies · As · since 1999
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DE FORMATION DES JEUNES AFRICAINS EN DIFFICULTE SOCIALE · Verviers · since 2013
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Aalst · since 2008
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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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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2017
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since 2022
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Turnhout · since 2023
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Dental practice · Tienen · since 2024