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.
“AIRAS”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Waterloo · since 2005
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Abbreviation of AIR ADVENTURE ASSOCIATION · since 1984
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2017
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Trade name of Plugnet · Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2021
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Elsene · since 1988
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Lyon · since 1995
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Other business support services · Elsene · since 2018
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Grimbergen · since 2019
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Antwerpen · since 2019
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Oostrozebeke · since 2020
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Braine-l'Alleud · since 2025
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General medical practice · Gent · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Association internationale pour l'Avancement de la Recherche et de la Technologie aux hautes Pressions · Brussel · since 1970
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Computer programming · since 2024
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DES INSUFFISANTS RESPIRATOIRES · Elsene · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Apprendre Innover Réussir · since 2015
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of MECHELAIR · General electrical installation work · Mechelen · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2022
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · since 2012
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Computer programming · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2022
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Wavre · since 2022
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Evere · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Institut de recherches et d'Actions Socio-Culturelles · Stavelot · since 2005
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Abbreviation of INSTITUT DE REFLEXION ET D'ACTION SOCIETALES · Etterbeek · since 2006
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Abbreviation of AMIS ET ANCIENS DE L'ENSEIGNEMENT SUPERIEUR D'IRCHONWELZ · Ath · since 1999