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.
“ALCOTRA”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in machines voor de mijnbouw, de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Gent · since 1991
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Freight transport by road · Staden · since 2007
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since 1969
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Business and other management consultancy · Menen · since 2001
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2020
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Development of residential building projects · Theux · since 2021
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Association de Coopération avec l'Etranger · Brussel · since 1968
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Schilderen van civieltechnische werken · Schoten · since 2015
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Combined facilities support activities · Roeselare · since 1982
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Willebroek · since 1983
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Begijnendijk · since 1987
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Ukkel · since 1999
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Seraing · since 2014
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · since 1978
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Temse · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Kruisem · since 1990
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Brussel · since 1993
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Materials recovery from waste · since 1992
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Name of Kunstkring Altra · Aalter · since 1969
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Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Beerse · since 1985
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Hasselt · since 1985
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Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · Mechelen · since 1986
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Coating of metals · Liège · since 1987
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Deinze · since 1992
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Computer programming · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1992
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Vervaardiging van andere machines voor specifieke doeleinden n.e.g. · Bornem · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of VERTIS BRUSSELS · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2018
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1991
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2023
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Joinery installation · since 1969
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1981
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2005
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Coating of metals · Hoogstraten · since 2007
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Brussel · since 2016
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Name of an establishment · Freight transport by road · Waasmunster · since 2017
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since 1997
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2019
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Mortsel · since 1968