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.
“ALD”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Turnhout · since 1948
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Roeselare · since 1975
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Erpe-Mere · since 1981
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gembloux · since 1983
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Oud-Turnhout · since 1984
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Heusden-Zolder · since 1991
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Vaux-sur-Sûre · since 1993
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Ranst · since 1994
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zemst · since 1999
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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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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1985
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Abbreviation of LES AMIS DE LOURDES DU DOYENNE DE JAMBES · Assesse · since 2017
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Materials recovery from waste · since 1976
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Abbreviation of ASBL Amicale Lineas Drivers Bertrix · Bertrix · since 2019
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Abbreviation of African Leadership and Democracy Institute · Liège · since 2021
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Soignies · since 2022
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Abbreviation of ALDA Fournitures de bureau et scolaire · Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Brussel · since 2025
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Overijse · since 1973
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Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 2010