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.
“AKOVA”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2026
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Pig breeding farms · Ardooie · since 1988
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Activities of lawyers · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of VDS CONCEPTS · Machining of metals · Izegem · since 1987
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2016
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Abbreviation of A-nova architectes · Activities of building architects · Fauvillers · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Pelt · since 2010
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Name of an establishment · Dental practice · Meerhout · since 2025
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Mobile food service activities · since 2025
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Other human health activities · since 2025
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ukkel · since 2025
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Activities of lawyers · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2026
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Advocaat Albakova · Other business support services · Pelt · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Aktiegroep Kritisch Onderwijs · Antwerpen · since 1973
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Abbreviation of Association des Kinéthérapeutes omnipraticiens · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Anderskanook vzw · Other social work without accommodation · Wijnegem · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Ukkel · since 2010
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2019
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2008
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Varkensvetmesterijen · Ardooie · since 2006
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Other education · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024