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.
“AKCAN”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Aartselaar · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2011
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2016
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Other financial services · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Computer programming · Maldegem · since 2026
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Other retail sale of food · since 2022
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Alevitisch Kultureel Centrum Antwerpen · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Koblenz · since 2006
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Other business support services · since 2018
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2010
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Nursing and midwifery · Mechelen · since 2024
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2024
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Freight transport by road · Vorst · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of KIAL · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2025
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Abbreviation of ALGEMENE KARWEI CENTRALE · Plumbing work · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Abbreviation of AUTO - KOPPELINGEN CENTRALE · Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Kalmthout · since 1999
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DES KINESITHERAPEUTES DE CHARLEROI · Charleroi · since 2018
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General medical practice · Bonheiden · since 2021
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · Moorslede · since 2022
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Abbreviation of AK-CONSEIL · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Anderlecht · since 2012
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Support activities for crop production · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Wellin · since 2024
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Zaventem · since 2026
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Plumbing work · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Plumbing work · Drogenbos · since 2016