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.
“ALAN”
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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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 1990
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Zaventem · since 1994
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Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 1999
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Other sports activities · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Gent · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2007
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Londerzeel · since 2008
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2009
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van ander technisch en industrieel textiel · Verviers · since 1992
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1991
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Zaventem · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Dilbeek · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Aalter · since 2017
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Gent · since 1990
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Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Charleroi · since 1991
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Zaventem · since 1992
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Aarschot · since 1992
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Other maintenance and repair of motor vehicles · Tubize · since 2015
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Aalst · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Alanka vzw · Zele · since 2017
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Halle · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Other sports activities · Le Roeulx · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Evergem · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Wingene · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · Koksijde · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Lokeren · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Destelbergen · since 2006
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Abbreviation of ANNE LOOP ARCHITECTE · Activities of building architects · Plombières · since 2008
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2025
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Activities of lawyers · Schaarbeek · since 2025
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since 2017
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 2025
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Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1978
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Lasne · since 1984
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1991
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2000
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Name of an establishment · Activities of religious organisations · Schaarbeek · since 2002
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Eghezée · since 2013
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 1990
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General construction of residential buildings · Glabbeek · since 2016
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Manufacture of outerwear · Brugge · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 2018
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Insulation installation · since 2018
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Lier · since 2020
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Elsene · since 2020
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Beerse · since 2011
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Activities of religious organisations · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2011
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Insulation installation · Maasmechelen · since 2008
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Anderlecht · since 2012
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Charleroi · since 2017