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.
“ALPEL”
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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Hairdressing and barber services · Pelt · since 2002
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Computer programming · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Brasschaat · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Agence locale pour l'Emploi de Liège · Employment placement agencies · Liège · since 1995
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Abbreviation of AURELIE ~ LAURENT POUPAERT EVENEMENTS SPORTIFS · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2000
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kortrijk · since 2015
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General construction of residential buildings · Lokeren · since 2022
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Other retail sale of food · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2023
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Maasmechelen · since 2010
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Joinery installation · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2024
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Agence locale pour l'Emploi d'Ans (Alpe) · Employment placement agencies · Ans · since 1995
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1992
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Real estate agency activities · Büllingen · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Association Libre des Parents espagnols de Schaerbeek et Saint-Josse-ten-Noode · Schaarbeek · since 1981
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Support activities for crop production · Soignies · since 1990
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Development of residential building projects · Blankenberge · since 2013
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Other business support services · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2021
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Computer programming · Zaventem · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Rixensart · since 2025
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DU LIVRE DE LA PAIX-BELGIQUE · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1982
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Abbreviation of AUTOS LAVAGE PROFESSIONNEL · Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Gouvy · since 2002
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Abbreviation of AGENTUUR LAMBRICHTS PATRICK · Diepenbeek · since 2002
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Activities of lawyers · Roeselare · since 2018
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Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Quévy · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of AMAZING LIGHT POLES Belgium · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Ieper · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2005
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · since 2024
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Amuseren, Leren, Proberen · Activities of other sports clubs · Haacht · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Soumagne · since 2025
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Brussel · since 2003
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Abbreviation of SCALPEL asbl · Other social work without accommodation · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Walcourt · since 2021
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Gent · since 2011
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Painting of buildings · Koekelberg · since 2007
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Brussel · since 2025
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Wholesale of other household goods · Kapellen · since 1995