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.
“ALTER VERSUS”
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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of lawyers · Liège · since 2014
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Mons · since 2001
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Other building finishing work · Willebroek · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2015
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Modave · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2012
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2023
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Overige activiteiten op het gebied van architectuur, n.e.g. · Ukkel · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Maaseik · since 2025
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2026
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Raising of horses and other equines · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Aarschot · since 1995
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Opwijk · since 1998
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1993
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Freight transport by road · Liège · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of HB SERVICE · Cafés and bars · Schaarbeek · since 2019
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Inland freight water transport · Wijnegem · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2022
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2024
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Brussel · since 2025
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Liège · since 1993
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Veterinary services · Namur · since 2018
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Veterinary services · Erquelinnes · since 2016
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Abbreviation of ALTER SELECTION · Other education · Liège · since 2016
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Activities of bailiffs · Charleroi · since 1997
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Liège · since 2021