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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.

“ALAERTS”

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.

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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

54 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Aerts similar
    Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Zottegem · since 1967
  • AERTS similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Heusden-Zolder · since 1987
  • AERTS similar
    Site preparation · Herk-de-Stad · since 1993
  • AERTS similar
    Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Lommel · since 1993
  • AERTS similar
    Visé · since 1994
  • AERTS similar
    Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1997
  • AERTS similar
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kasterlee · since 1998
  • AERTS similar
    Joinery installation · Ninove · since 2013
  • AERTS (sole trader) similar
    Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2016
  • Aerts similar
    Market research and public opinion polling · Peer · since 2018
  • AERTS similar
    Mixed farming · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2009
  • A(E)RTS similar
    Abbreviation of Assessment, (E)vidence-based Research & Treatment of Speech disorders · Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2012
  • Aerts similar
    Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · Diest · since 2025
  • STAL AERTS similar
    Wholesale of live animals · Herent · since 2000

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