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.
“ALFABET”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Book publishing · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1984
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Other printing · Gent · since 1987
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Translation services · Leuven · since 1988
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Herentals · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Cosy Concept · Other printing · Herselt · since 2011
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Belfeld · since 1993
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of SANELEK VAN WYNSBERGE · General electrical installation work · Waregem · since 2008
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Physiotherapy · Kasterlee · since 2009
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Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen · Dendermonde · since 1985
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Veterinary services · Denderleeuw · since 2015
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Other information technology and computer services · Beringen · since 2004
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Cafés and bars · since 2014
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Integrale jeugdhulp met huisvesting · Wommelgem · since 1989
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Vermogensbeheer · Kapellen · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · Hasselt · since 2003
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Zoersel · since 2005
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Waregem · since 1987
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Event catering · Bertem · since 2022
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Gent · since 2005
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2006
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1954
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Abbreviation of Algemene Filmondernemingen Aalst · Schaarbeek · since 1950
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Abbreviation of Aide Liégeoise aux Alcooliques, aux toxicomanes et à leur Famille · Ambulante hulpverlening aan drugs- en alcoholverslaafden · Liège · since 1962
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION LIEGEOISE DE FOOTBALL AMATEUR · Crisnée · since 1978
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Name of an establishment · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1981
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Gent · since 1981
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Blankenberge · since 1984
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Mechelen · since 1984
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Leuven · since 1985
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Temse · since 1989
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Duffel · since 1990
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Wholesale of machine tools · Zoutleeuw · since 1991
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Truiden · since 1998
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Abbreviation of ALFA-TRAINING · Brugge · since 1999
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · Roeselare · since 2013
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · since 1998
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Alfa Archeologie · Leuven · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants
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Abbreviation of ASSISTANCE ET BIEN ETRE POUR TOUS · Other social work without accommodation · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2017
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Beerse · since 2019
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Asse · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Havelange · since 2022
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since 2011
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Name of an establishment of APVE · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Sint-Niklaas · since 2012
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Arendonk · since 2015
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2025
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Verhuur en lease van tenten · since 1995
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1964