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.
“AFRICACOM”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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since 2000
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since 2009
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Association pour la Formation, la Recherche et l'Information sur le Centre de l'Afrique · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1978
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since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · since 2025
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Etterbeek · since 1965
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Liège · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Charleroi · since 2003
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Liège · since 2024
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2017
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Waterloo · since 2019
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Other business support services · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Association de Formation et de Rassemblement International de Coiffeurs · Ukkel · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Association pour la Promotion de l'Arbitrage en Afrique · Elsene · since 1995
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Brussel · since 2000
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Antwerpen · since 2001
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Oostende · since 2003
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Gent · since 2005
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Abbreviation of AMIGOS ASSOCIACAO FILHOS E AMIGOS DE SECTOR DE CONTUBOEL · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Lasne · since 2023
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Brussel · since 1994
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Hairdressing and barber services · Liège · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of BAI · Other retail sale of new goods · Kontich · since 2002
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Charleroi · since 2013
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Elsene · since 2017
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · DAKAR · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2021
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Brugge · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Waterloo · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of JARMAX · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of HAKUNA MATATA · Activiteiten van reisorganisatoren · Estaimpuis · since 2007
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Ninove · since 2008
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Other retail sale of food · Oostende · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Aktie Centrum voor Ontwikkeling en Milieu · Brussel · since 1987
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Abbreviation of aCOM-im · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Rixensart · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Actief Chaldeeuwse Organisatie Mechelen · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1994
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Freight transport by road · Zele · since 2025
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Bassenge · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of WAFDIESEL · Groothandel in consumptieaardappelen · Châtelet · since 2019