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.
“AKAM”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2018
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Abbreviation of AKAM BELGIUM · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aartselaar · since 2005
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Abbreviation of ANTWERPS KANTOOR VOOR ADVIES EN MANAGEMENT · Insurance agents and brokers · since 2000
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Association belge d'Arts martiaux japonais · Brussel · since 1965
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION KOEKELBERGEOISE ARTISTIQUE · Koekelberg · since 1999
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Kortrijk · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Arnaut Kint Avocat · Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 2019
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Abbreviation of AK-Akademy · Sambreville · since 2024
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Gent · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Arnis Koredas Academy · Sambreville · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Advieskantoor voor Accountancy en Bedrijfsbeheer · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Evergem · since 1972
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Schaarbeek · since 1991
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ukkel · since 2002
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Kontich · since 2018
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2019
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2019
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Abbreviation of AKA TRANSPORT · Service activities incidental to land transportation · Denderleeuw · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Herstal · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · since 2004
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2025
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Specialist medical practice · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Construction of roads and motorways · Heusden-Zolder · since 2026
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Etterbeek · since 1990
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Book publishing · Merchtem · since 2020
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2026
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Other postal and courier activities · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2016