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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“ALN”

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.

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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

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • A.L.N. same name
    Grobbendonk · since 1993
  • ALN same name
    Abbreviation of Association des Licenciés et master en notariat · Office administrative and support services · Namur · since 1993
  • A.L.N. same name
    Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Evergem · since 2021
  • ALN same name
    Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Mouscron · since 2005
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • ALNA similar
    Name of an establishment of ALY.D · Buying and selling of own real estate · Charleroi · since 2001
  • Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 1999
  • ALNUS similar
    Chiasso 6830 · since 1994
  • AL-NUR similar
    On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Schaarbeek · since 2014
  • ALNIC similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Mol · since 2010
  • ALNUS similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Izegem · since 2010
  • ALNUT similar
    Other business support services · Staden · since 2024
  • Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2024
  • A.L. similar
    Abbreviation of LES AMIS DE LA LIBERTE · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1997
  • AL similar
    Abbreviation of vzw Anders Leren · Affligem · since 2014
  • AL similar
    Abbreviation of Actias Luna · Other amusement and recreation activities · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2016
  • A.L. similar
    Abbreviation of L'Auberge littéraire · Waterloo · since 2017
  • AL similar
    Abbreviation of ADDAR LAKBIRA : BIG HOUSE · Anderlecht · since 2019
  • AL similar
    Charleroi · since 2021
  • A.L. similar
    Activities of holding companies · Manage · since 2021
  • A. L. similar
    Abbreviation of AFRICA LISUNGI · Tienen · since 2021
  • AL similar
    Abbreviation of AUXI-LOG · Business and other management consultancy · Anderlecht · since 2021
  • A.L. similar
    Abbreviation of ALULIM · Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Oudsbergen · since 2007
  • AL similar
    Other business support services · Olen · since 2023
  • A + L similar
    Activities of holding companies · Aartselaar · since 2024
  • AL similar
    General electrical installation work · Izegem · since 2026
  • AL similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of AgriLife · Growing of flowers · Ittre · since 2024

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