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.
“ALMETRA”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen · since 1991
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Other construction installation · Stabroek · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Dilbeek · since 2023
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Freight transport by road · Eeklo · since 2001
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Real estate agency activities · Roeselare · since 2010
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Brussel · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Algemeen Transportbedrij · Antwerpen · since 1967
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Joinery installation · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Lede · since 2004
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Joinery installation · Mechelen · since 2004
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Schaarbeek · since 2007
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Development of residential building projects · Wichelen · since 1996
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Rotselaar · since 2004
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Activities of head offices · Dinant · since 2025
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Forging of metal · Heusden-Zolder · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Kruisem · since 2026
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Coating of metals · Liège · since 1987
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Machining of metals · Genk · since 1989
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Other specialised construction activities · Ukkel · since 1992
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Freight transport by road · Zwevegem · since 1994
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Diepenbeek · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Zwevegem · since 2014
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Les Mains en Or · Liège · since 2023
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Coating of metals · Merchtem · since 2023
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1981
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Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · Hoogstraten · since 2006
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2025
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since 1997
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Name of an establishment of STARMEC · Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen · Liège · since 2020