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.
“ALNIC”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vermogensbeheer · Mol · since 2010
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Knokke-Heist · since 2014
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Duffel · since 2005
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Schilde · since 2006
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Vermogensbeheer · Frameries · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Association pour le Lancement de Projets industriels et commerciaux · Elsene · since 1964
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Cafés and bars · Stekene · since 1993
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 1997
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gavere · since 2000
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Roeselare · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Bocholt · since 2010
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Waterloo · since 2005
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2014
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Elsene · since 2004
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Zonnebeke · since 1991
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Vermogensbeheer · Geel · since 2025
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Grobbendonk · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Association des Licenciés et master en notariat · Office administrative and support services · Namur · since 1993
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Evergem · since 2021
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Mouscron · since 2005
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Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Antwerpen · since 1986
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brussel · since 1991
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2009
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Kinderopvang door onthaalouders · since 2022
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CREMOSANO (CR) · since 2022
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Holsbeek · since 2022
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Lochristi · since 2010
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Antwerpen · since 1998