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.
“AL BA”
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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DES ANCIENS ELEVES DU COLLEGE ALBERT 1er · Schilde · since 1932
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Gemeentelijk gesubsidieerd gewoon technisch en beroepssecundair onderwijs · Herent · since 1983
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Vresse-sur-Semois · since 1989
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Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Anderlecht · since 1995
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Abbreviation of ART LINK BELGIAN AUCTION · Etterbeek · since 1998
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Abbreviation of VERENIGING VAN MEDE-EIGENAARS GEBOUW RESIDENTIE ALBA TE RIEMST (VLIJTINGEN) St. Albanusstraat, 30 · Riemst · since 2001
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2002
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Lebbeke · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Association pour la libre baignade dans les eaux de l'Arlune, association sans but lucratif · Habay · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · Temse · since 2020
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Zonhoven · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2010
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Geraardsbergen · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2024
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Operation of sports facilities · Grez-Doiceau · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 2025
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Psychology services · since 2026
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2019
Names that resemble it 38 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Kinrooi · since 1990
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Lopik · since 1992
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Cafés and bars · since 2012
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Bouw van water- en gasdistributienetten · since 2020
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Demolition · Gent · since 2016
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since 1976
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Other specialised construction activities · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2020
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Research and development on biotechnology · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Amay · since 1983
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Leuven · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Menen · since 1993
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Lede · since 2002
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Psychology services · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Aalsters lekzoekbedrijf · Land surveying · Aalst · since 2016
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · De Panne · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Etterbeek · since 2018
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Landscape service activities · Destelbergen · since 2019
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Afvalwaterafvoer · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Boussu · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Lier · since 2020
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Abbreviation of AGAPE LIFE BELGIUM · Activities of religious organisations · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Coating of metals · Mechelen · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Huy · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Damme · since 2022
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · Vilvoorde · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Zaventem · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Action Laîque de Beauraing · Beauraing · since 2009
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Name of an establishment · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brecht · since 2005
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Abbreviation of ECACHIM · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Schoten · since 2006
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Ukkel · since 2007
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Bouw van civieltechnische werken voor vloeistoffen, n.e.g. · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Assemblée local de Bruxelles · Brussel · since 2026
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Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1994
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Freight transport by road · Vorst · since 2002
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since 2011