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 DOU”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Anderlecht · since 2011
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Koksijde · since 1983
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Other specialised construction activities · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2014
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2026
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Rixensart · since 2022
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Oud-Turnhout · since 1984
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Ath · since 2002
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schilde · since 2003
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Materials recovery from waste · since 1976
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Demolition · since 2020
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 2018
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Brugge · since 2020
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Ukkel · since 2008
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Abbreviation of AU LIT D'OR · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1974
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Abbreviation of SYNDICAT DES LOCATAIRES DE LA MAISON LIEGEOISE · Liège · since 1976
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Abbreviation of Action Lemaigre Development · Lasne · since 1977
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Abbreviation of ALON FRUCHTER A.L.D. · Antwerpen · since 1984
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Abbreviation of All Lettering Design · Advertising agencies · Oudenaarde · since 2012
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Nursing and midwifery · Welkenraedt · since 2016
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Abbreviation of amicale de la decouverte · Ganshoren · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of ADL Pro-Cleaning · Other building finishing work · Deinze · since 2018
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since 1989
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Tournai · since 2024
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Installatie van duurzame elektrische installaties · Moorslede · since 2025
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Activities of interior architects · since 2025
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since 1977
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Geraardsbergen · since 2013
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Overijse · since 1973
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Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 2010