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.
“ALIST DIRECT”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2025
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Heusden-Zolder · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hoogstraten · since 2012
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Deerlijk · since 1980
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Genk · since 2014
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Employment placement agencies · Ichtegem · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Merchtem · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Agence locale d'Initiatives sociales · Day nurseries and crèches · Mons · since 1989
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Abbreviation of AIDE LOGISTIQUE AUX INSTITUTIONS SOCIALES · Namur · since 1997
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Abbreviation of APOTHEEK LANGENAEKEN - INFORMATION SERVICES · Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tervuren · since 1999
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Other software publishing · Herk-de-Stad · since 2017
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Activities of independent sportspeople · since 2018
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2020
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Abbreviation of ANIMAL LIFE SUPPORT · Other amusement and recreation activities · Merchtem · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2015