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.
“AFTIA”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Lasne · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Laureins · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2020
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Wavre · since 2009
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Roeselare · since 2026
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of ANTWERP FAST TRADING · Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 1988
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Abbreviation of ALL FREIGHT AND TRANSPORT · Logistics services · Genk · since 1990
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Abbreviation of ANIMAL FOOD AND FAT COMPANY LTD · London EC4 · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Academics for Technology · Other education · Leuven · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Advanced Functional Technologies · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2016
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Floor and wall tiling · Brugge · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Afterfurcht · Kortrijk · since 2021
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Abbreviation of ANTWERP FUEL TRANSPORT · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Abbreviation of A FACILITY TRANS · Schaarbeek · since 2012
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General electrical installation work · Gent · since 2007
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Abbreviation of APPRENTISSAGE TENNISTIQUES PRECOCES LIEGE · Juprelle · since 2008
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Abbreviation of AMAURY FRERICHS TOITURES · Roofing work · Liège · since 2026