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.
“ALKO”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Blankenberge · since 1988
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Development of residential building projects · Oosterzele · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of AL-KO KOBER BV · Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Hengelo · since 2000
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Machining of metals · Willebroek · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Wetteren · since 2016
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2019
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Floor and wall tiling · Roeselare · since 2007
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Oostkamp · since 1980
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1997
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General construction of residential buildings · Beringen · since 2007
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Activities of interior architects · Brussel · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Hasselt · since 2024
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Abbreviation of A. Lesuisse Kinesitherapie · Physiotherapy · Sint-Truiden · since 2025
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Other legal services · Vilvoorde · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Audric Lenaerts Kinésithérapeute · Theux · since 2025
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Verhuur en lease van vaat- en glaswerk, keuken- en tafelgerei, elektrische huishoudapparaten en andere huishoudelijke benodigdheden · Kortemark · since 1989
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Other business support services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1998
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2022
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Other printing · Grimbergen · since 2009
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Reparatie en onderhoud van consumentenelektronica · since 2008
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · Lier · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Erpe-Mere · since 1992
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Avelgem · since 1997
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Ukkel · since 2000
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Genk · since 2001
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Vermogensbeheer · Overijse · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Niklaas · since 2020
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Nijlen · since 2021
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Literary creation · Brecht · since 2021
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Site preparation · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudenaarde · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2011
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Other building finishing work · since 2026
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Development of residential building projects · Middelkerke · since 2010
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Waterloo · since 2003
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General medical practice · Brussel · since 2005
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Antwerpen · since 1984
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Peer · since 1985
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Kapellen · since 2009
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Manufacture of outerwear · Waregem · since 2005
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Hasselt · since 2006
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General construction of residential buildings · Grimbergen · since 2024
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since 2019
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Waterloo · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of T&Mihmat · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Genk · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Zele · since 1996