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.
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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Verviers · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Bocholt · since 2010
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Vermogensbeheer · Zoersel · since 2024
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Abbreviation of ALICE EVENTS · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Vorst · since 1997
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Antwerpen · since 1998
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION LIBRE D'INFORMATIONS SUR LA CROISSANCE DES ENFANTS SILVER RUSSELL · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of Anima Cura · Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Mechelen · since 2003
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2004
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Etterbeek · since 2016
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Detailhandel in boeken · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Ronse · since 2019
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Abbreviation of ALICE DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE · Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2020
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2021
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Alliance for Logistics Innovation through Collaboration in Europe · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2011
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Activities of business and employers' organisations · Elsene · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of ALIGATOR · Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Elsene · since 2007
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Other software publishing · Brugge · since 2025
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Pajottegem · since 2025
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Activities of building architects · Vorst · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Charleroi · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Asset and Liability Management International · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Grez-Doiceau · since 1989
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Land surveying · Bredene · since 1997
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Thuin · since 2001
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Real estate agency activities · Sint-Niklaas · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of ALMI Electricity · General electrical installation work · Zelzate · since 2020
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Other specialised design activities · Asse · since 2009
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Antwerpen · since 1989
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Claren-Montreux · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of BALTRADEX · Cafés and bars · Anderlecht · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lubbeek · since 2010
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of MULKU · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Zele · since 2013
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Vermogensbeheer · Arendonk · since 2014
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Genk · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Truiden · since 2012
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Affligem · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Crisnée · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · Hasselt · since 1999