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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“ALHAM”

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

12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • ALHAM same name
    Brussel · since 1990
  • AL HAMD (sole trader) very similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2025
  • ALHAK very similar
    Antwerpen · since 2022
  • ALSHAM very similar
    Name of an establishment of HEAMARKET · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2021
  • ALSHAM very similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oudenaarde · since 2022
  • Apham very similar
    Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Antwerpen · since 1974
  • ALKAM very similar
    Other printing · Leuven · since 1979
  • ALCAM very similar
    Name of an establishment · Machining of metals · Ravels · since 1991
  • ALFAM very similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Wevelgem · since 1995
  • Alcam very similar
    Activities of head offices · Koksijde · since 2013
  • ADHAM very similar
    Abbreviation of AMICALE DES HABITANTS DU MARBOTIN · Schaarbeek · since 2006
  • Alham, Nasrudin (sole trader) very similar
    On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2023
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

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