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.
“ALTERA”
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
34 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Advertising agencies · Leuven · since 1994
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Advertising agencies · since 1994
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Activities of lawyers · Liège · since 2007
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Halle · since 1991
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Hoeilaart · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of ALTERA VITA · Other specialised construction activities · Balen · since 2021
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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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Agents and brokers in banking services · Herent · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Merchtem · since 2020
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Contactbemiddelingsbureaus en dergelijke · Bertem · since 2014
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Abbreviation of ALTER SELECTION · Other education · Liège · since 2016
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Advertising agencies · Lanaken · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · Huy · since 2011
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Abbreviation of ALTER-KASAÏ · Brussel · since 2012
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Linkebeek · since 1999
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Plumbing work · Geraardsbergen · since 1990
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Schaarbeek · since 1993
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Beschutte en sociale werkplaatsen · Colfontaine · since 2001
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Brussel · since 2002
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Insurance agents and brokers · Brasschaat · since 2003
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Halen · since 2013
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2026
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Liège · since 1993
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Wholesale of live animals · Hasselt · since 1987
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Kalmthout · since 2017
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Computer programming · Aiseau-Presles · since 2020
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Wemmel · since 2024
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Leuven · since 2025
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Tremelo · since 2014
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Psychology services · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2010
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Other specialised construction activities · Drogenbos · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Anzegem · since 2007
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Brussel · since 2023
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Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de verspreiding van inhoud · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Wavre · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2019
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Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2020
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Tournai · since 2023
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Other education · since 2020
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Joinery installation · Brugge · since 1987