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.
“AFRIMAR”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · Leuven · since 1952
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Arlon · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2020
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Mixed farming · Lasne · since 1988
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Menen · since 2009
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Luxembourg1626 · since 1992
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Abbreviation of AFRICA-MOTORS · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Liège · since 2010
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Freight transport by road · Zele · since 2025
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Bocholt · since 2023
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Wholesale of other household goods · Brasschaat · since 1983
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Hasselt · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Association de Formation et de Rassemblement International de Coiffeurs · Ukkel · since 2018
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2026