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.
“ALIFAC”
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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Full-service restaurants · Mouscron · since 2015
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Namur · since 1971
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Name of an establishment of ALIMAC CONSULTING · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Soumagne · since 2015
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Real estate agency activities · since 2017
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2020
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Plastering work · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2004
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Harelbeke · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Beyne-Heusay · since 2024
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Brussel · since 2025
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Oudergem · since 1991
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021
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Lasne · since 2016
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Removal services · since 2026
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Fitness centres · Hasselt · since 2020
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Activities of head offices · Nijlen · since 2025
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · since 2023
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Schaarbeek · since 2002
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Abbreviation of FRITERIE DE LA GARE · Liège · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Alifrolac Gavere · Gavere · since 1954