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.
“ALRADE”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Gent · since 2015
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Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2006
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Walcourt · since 1979
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Ranst · since 2002
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Personenvervoer door de lucht · since 2012
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Landscape service activities · Brecht · since 2021
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Pittem · since 2004
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Schaarbeek · since 2006
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2013
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Sint-Niklaas · since 1995
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Mouscron · since 1999
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Comines-Warneton · since 1980
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Freight transport by road · Oudenburg · since 1985
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Zoersel · since 1987
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Diest · since 1989
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Freight transport by road · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1998
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Geel · since 2008
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oostende · since 2024
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Activities of lawyers · Brussel · since 2024
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2025
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Activities of building architects · Schoten · since 2025
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Jette · since 1996
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Aalter · since 1999
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General electrical installation work · since 1991
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2021
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Gent · since 2023